Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Overview: Stars and Stellar Systems
- 2 Stellar Structure
- 3 Stellar Evolution
- 4 Supernova (Type II)
- 5 White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
- 6 Pulsars
- 7 Binary Stars and Accretion
- 8 The Sun and the Solar System
- 9 The Interstellar Medium
- 10 Globular Clusters
- Notes and References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Overview: Stars and Stellar Systems
- 2 Stellar Structure
- 3 Stellar Evolution
- 4 Supernova (Type II)
- 5 White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
- 6 Pulsars
- 7 Binary Stars and Accretion
- 8 The Sun and the Solar System
- 9 The Interstellar Medium
- 10 Globular Clusters
- Notes and References
- Index
Summary
“Yadhyadh vibuthimatsthwam srimadhurjithameva va thaththadevava gachchatwam mama tejoamsa sambhavam” (“…Whatever that is glorious, prosperous or powerful anywhere, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendour…”)
–Bhagawad-Gita, Chapter 10, verse 41.During the past decade or so, theoretical astrophysics has emerged as one of the most active research areas in physics. This advance has also reflected the greater interdisciplinary nature of the research that has been carried out in this area in recent years. As a result, those who are learning theoretical astrophysics with the aim of making a research career in this subject need to assimilate a considerable amount of concepts and techniques, in different areas of astrophysics, in a short period of time. Every area of theoretical astrophysics, of course, has excellent textbooks that allow the reader to master that particular area in a well-defined way. Most of these textbooks, however, are written in a traditional style that focusses on one area of astrophysics (say stellar evolution, galactic dynamics, radiative processes, cosmology, etc.) Because different authors have different perspectives regarding their subject matter, it is not very easy for a student to understand the key unifying principles behind several different astrophysical phenomena by studying a plethora of separate textbooks, as they do not link up together as a series of core books in theoretical astrophysics covering everything that a student would need.
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- Theoretical Astrophysics , pp. xiii - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001