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ISBN Number: 9780750304603
Author: Dyson, J. E.
Author: Williams, D. A.
Author: Dyson, J. E.
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing (GB)
Location: Bristol
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Interstellar matter
Subject: Astronomâia
Subject: Matiáere interstellaire
Edition Number: 2
Series: Graduate Series in Astronomy
Series Volume: vol. 28
Publication Date: January 1997
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 165
Book Size: 918x616x37 68
Describes the physics of a number of interesting situations in what
used to be called deep space, at a level of mathematics and physics
comprehensible to third-year undergraduate physics students.
Discusses the interstellar medium and how information about it is
obtained; the microscopic processes occurring and how they determine
the properties of the gas; and the behavior of the gas with respect
to macroscopic events such as interstellar grains, radiatively
excited regions, and star forming. Includes problems with answers.
Updated from the 1980 to keep up with developments in astrophysics.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:
The book leads the advanced undergraduate through the wide range of disciplines related to an understanding of the interstellar medium and is suitable for any student studying either physics or astrophysics.
The study of the interstellar medium incorporates a large range of physical processes on both large and small scales all of which are covered in this text. Together with the inclusion of simple models and problems at the end of each chapter this text provides a comprehensive overview and grounding in the study of the interstellar medium.
Synopsis:
A second revised edition of this volume in the GRADUATE SERIES IN ASTRONOMY originally published in 1980 by Manchester University Press, which considers the physics of the interstellar medium including gas dynamics, properties of dust grains and star formation.
Synopsis:
Updated and revised, The Physics of the Interstellar Medium, Second Edition leads the advanced undergraduate through a wide range of disciplines related to the interstellar medium. The book covers the study of the interstellar medium, which incorporates a large range of physical processes on both large and small scales. With chapter introductions provided to aid learning as well as problems and simple models included throughout, this comprehensive overview is suitable for any student studying physics or astrophysics. Considerable progress has been made in the field over the last decade, making this up-to-date understanding of the interstellar medium particularly timely.
