Principles of Astrophysics: Using Gravity and Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos [2014] [PDF]

Title: Principles of Astrophysics: Using Gravity and Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos
Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Author: Charles Keeton
Format: PDF
Hardcover: 434 pages
Publisher: Springer; 2014 edition (May 11, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781461492351


Provides a physics-centered analysis of a broad range of astronomical systems that appeals to a large audience of advanced undergraduate students in physics and engineering

This book gives a survey of astrophysics at the advanced undergraduate level. It originates from a two-semester course sequence at Rutgers University that is meant to appeal not only to astrophysics students but also more broadly to physics and engineering students. The organization is driven more by physics than by astronomy; in other words, topics are first developed in physics and then applied to astronomical systems that can be investigated, rather than the other way around.