Barbara Ryden (Ohio State University), Bradley M. Peterson (Ohio State University)

Gebundenes Buch

Foundations of Astrophysics

Beschreibung

Foundations of Astrophysics provides a contemporary and complete introduction to astrophysics for astronomy and physics majors. With a logical presentation and conceptual and quantitative end-of-chapter problems, the material is accessible to introductory astrophysics students taking a two-semester survey course.

Autor

Barbara Ryden received her Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University, New Jersey. After postdocs at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, she joined the astronomy faculty at The Ohio State University, where she is now a full professor. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in teaching, at levels ranging from introductory undergraduate courses to advanced graduate seminars. She won the Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award for her textbook Introduction to Cosmology (Cambridge, 2016).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 610
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 199mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1464g
• ISBN-13: 9781108831956
• ISBN-10: 1108831958
• Artikelnr.: 59760572