书目名称 | Fundamental Astronomy |
编辑 | Hannu Karttunen,Pekka Kröger,Karl Johan Donner |
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概述 | The established, widely-adopted textbook for physical science majors as well as serious amateurs that gives a comprehensive, calculus-based introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy |
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描述 | .Now in its sixth edition, this successful undergraduate textbook gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, the text provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences. .The chapters on galactic and extragalactic astronomy as well as cosmology were extensively modernized in the previous edition. In this new edition they have been further revised to include more recent results. The long chapter on the solar system has been split into two parts: the first one deals with the general properties, and the other one describes individual objects. A new chapter on exoplanets has been added to the end of the book next to the chapter on astrobiology..In response to the fact that astronomy has evolved enormously over the last few years, only a few chapters of this book have been left unmodified..Long considered a standard text for physical science majors, .Fundamental Astronomy. is also an excellent reference and entrée for dedicated amateur astronomers. For their benefit the introductory chapter has been extended to giv |
出版日期 | Textbook 2017Latest edition |
关键词 | Astronomy astrophysics cosmology textbook; Astronomy astrophysics cosmology introduction; Astrobiology |
版次 | 6 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53045-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-662-57103-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-662-53045-0 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2017 |