Features
ISBN Number: 9780691130279
Author: Binney, James
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Author: Binney, James
Author: Tremaine, Scott
Subject: Astronomy, Universe
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Copyright: 2008
Edition Description: Paperback
Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics Princeton Series in Astroph
Publication Date: April 2008
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Y
Number of Pages: 885
Book Size: 9.11x6.23x1.62 in. 2.84 lbs.
Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject.
This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field.
Synopsis:
"Henceforth, one must have a copy of Binney and Tremaine's classic in order to do astrophysics. . . . We will all study from it and come to know it better than the Bible."--John N. Bahcall, Institute for Advanced Study
"I consider "Galactic Dynamics" to be the most important single book published in the field of astronomy in the last ten years. In its subject, it is the most important book published in a generation."--William Press, Harvard University
