Stellar structure and evolution /
Stellar Structure and Evolution is based on the semester-long class of the same name. Stellar structure focuses on the underlying physics of stars. It naturally includes subjects that undergraduate astronomy and physics majors usually see in isolation: statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electric...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | Ohio State astrophysics series.
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| Summary: | Stellar Structure and Evolution is based on the semester-long class of the same name. Stellar structure focuses on the underlying physics of stars. It naturally includes subjects that undergraduate astronomy and physics majors usually see in isolation: statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, waves, uid dynamics and nuclear physics, among others. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108835817 1108835813 9781108798822 1108798829 |