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• ISBN 10: 1108390242
• ISBN 13: 9781108390248
• Author: Bradley W. Carroll

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmology. Designed to provide students with a working knowledge of modern astrophysics, this textbook is suitable for astronomy and physics majors who have had a first-year introductory physics course with calculus. Featuring a brief summary of the main scientific discoveries that have led to our current understanding of the universe; worked examples to facilitate the understanding of the concepts presented in the book; end-of-chapter problems to practice the skills acquired; and computational exercises to numerically model astronomical systems, the second edition of An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is the go-to textbook for learning the core astrophysics curriculum as well as the many advances in the field.

Table of contents:

Part I The Tools of Astronomy

1 The Celestial Sphere

2 Celestial Mechanics

3 The Continuous Spectrum of Light

4 The Theory of Special Relativity

5 The Interaction of Light and Matter

6 Telescopes

Part II The Nature of Stars

7 Binary Systems and Stellar Parameters

8 The Classification of Stellar Spectra

9 Stellar Atmospheres

10 The Interiors of Stars

11 The Sun

12 The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation

13 Main Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stellar Evolution

14 Stellar Pulsation

15 The Fate of Massive Stars

16 The Degenerate Remnants of Stars

17 General Relativity and Black Holes

18 Close Binary Star Systems

Part III The Solar System

19 Physical Processes in the Solar System

20 The Terrestrial Planets

21 The Realms of the Giant Planets

22 Minor Bodies of the Solar System

23 Formation of Planetary Systems

Part IV Galaxies and the Universe

24 The MilkyWay Galaxy

25 The Nature of Galaxie

26 Galactic Evolution

27 The Structure of the Universe

28 Active Galaxies

29 Cosmology

30 The Early Universe

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