Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology

An Introduction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

AvPeter Schneider

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The basics of classical astronomy and stellar astrophysics needed for extragalactic astronomy are provided in the appendix.While this book has grown out of introductory university courses on astronomy and astrophysics and includes a set of problems and solutions, it will not only benefit undergraduate students and lecturers;

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-11-24
Mått210 x 279 x 37 mm
Vikt1 880 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor626
Upplaga2
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783642540820

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"An obvious difference from many other roughly similar books is the large number of illustrations, many in colour. ... I recommend the book both to students and to those who work in fields other than those covered by the book ... . It is up to date, quite detailed for an introduction, and the numerous figures with references are particularly useful as jumping-off points to the original literature." (Phillip Helbig, The Observatory, April, 2016)