Horace A. Smith, Márcio Catelan

Gebundenes Buch

Pulsating Stars

Beschreibung

This most up-to-date and comprehensive book on the topic links the latest observational results to our present understanding of stellar pulsation and evolution theory.

Autor

Márcio Catelan holds a full professorship at the Catholic University of Chile. Previous assignments were with the University of Virginia and with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He is the author of over 130 journal papers and numerous review articles, and presents an impressive record of institutional service and awards, including Hubble and Guggenheim fellowships. Horace Smith is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He received his Master's degree and PhD from Yale and his research is focused on variable stars and what we can learn from them about the evolution of stars and galaxies. He has published extensively in astronomical journals and is the author of a book on RR Lyrae stars. He has served on numerous scientific committees and as a reviewer for several astronomical journals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1140715 000
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1205g
• ISBN-13: 9783527407156
• ISBN-10: 3527407154
• Artikelnr.: 40917601