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Astronomers' Magic Envelope An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders of Magnitude

Saha, Prasenjit Taylor Paul A.
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198816478
Publisert
2018-06-06
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
290 gr
Høyde
247 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Forfatter
Saha, Prasenjit
Taylor Paul A.

Om bidragsyterne

Prasenjit Saha is an astrophysicist working mainly on various aspects of gravitational dynamics, including gravitational lenses. He has also contributed to the literature on Bayesian inference, intensity interferometers, and literate programming. He got hooked on astrophysics from books like George Gamow's, and loves books that present a subject in an interesting and slightly subversive way. Paul A. Taylor completed his doctorate in the area of stellar astrophysics at the University of Oxford. He has subsequently been a tutor, visiting researcher and lecturer in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) network in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. He continues to teach programming and signal processing within the AIMS network, and is also a staff scientist in the Scientific and Statistical Computing Core at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.

Astronomers' Magic Envelope An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders of Magnitude

Saha, Prasenjit Taylor Paul A.
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
Saha, Prasenjit Taylor Paul A.
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
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This is a delightful small book... It will be a good resource for lecturers, showing some nice examples of applications of the physical principles, and of especial interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. The reader is encouraged to write computer codes to find solutions, and the student with a thirst to learn and the motivation to engage fully with the book will be amply rewarded.

Alan Heavens, The Observatory

Astronomers like the concept of back-of-the-envelope calculations. Such calculations help us get a handle on very complex problems that would otherwise require far more time and effort to solve properly. Prasenjit Saha and Paul A. Taylor build an introductory guide to astronomy on exactly this premise.

Nature Astronomy

A sophisticated text that will bring physical intuition for astronomy for mathematically able students. The computationally based problems are a welcome addition to better empower student learning.

Brian Schmidt, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011, Australian National University

Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good `back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result. This book guides students on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations -- endeavouring to be elegant where possible and using short computer programs where necessary. The material proceeds in approximate historical order. The book begins with the Enlightenment-era insight that the orbits of the planets is easy, but the orbit of the Moon is a real headache, and continues to deterministic chaos. This is followed by a chapter on spacetime and black holes. Four chapters reveal how microphysics, especially quantum mechanics, allow us to understand how stars work. The last two chapters are about cosmology, bringing us to 21st-century developments on the microwave background and gravitational waves.
Les mer
Working physicists, especially astrophysicists, value `back-of-the-envelope' calculations -- short elegant computations or arguments that start from general principles and lead to interesting results. This book guides advanced undergraduates and lower graduates on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations.
Les mer
1: Orbits 2: Celestial Mechanics 3: Schwarzschild's spacetime 4: Interlude: Quantum ideal gases 5: Gravity versus pressure 6: Nuclear fusion in stars 7: The main sequence of stars 8: The expanding Universe 9: The cosmic microwave background
Les mer
Contains numerous exercises and general principles Integrates scientific computing alongside other mathematics Offers adaptive uses of units, including Planckian units Includes pointers to many astronomical images found on the online archive Astronomy Picture of the Day
Les mer
Prasenjit Saha is an astrophysicist working mainly on various aspects of gravitational dynamics, including gravitational lenses. He has also contributed to the literature on Bayesian inference, intensity interferometers, and literate programming. He got hooked on astrophysics from books like George Gamow's, and loves books that present a subject in an interesting and slightly subversive way. Paul A. Taylor completed his doctorate in the area of stellar astrophysics at the University of Oxford. He has subsequently been a tutor, visiting researcher and lecturer in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) network in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. He continues to teach programming and signal processing within the AIMS network, and is also a staff scientist in the Scientific and Statistical Computing Core at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.
Les mer
Contains numerous exercises and general principles Integrates scientific computing alongside other mathematics Offers adaptive uses of units, including Planckian units Includes pointers to many astronomical images found on the online archive Astronomy Picture of the Day
Les mer

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This is a delightful small book... It will be a good resource for lecturers, showing some nice examples of applications of the physical principles, and of especial interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. The reader is encouraged to write computer codes to find solutions, and the student with a thirst to learn and the motivation to engage fully with the book will be amply rewarded.

Alan Heavens, The Observatory

Astronomers like the concept of back-of-the-envelope calculations. Such calculations help us get a handle on very complex problems that would otherwise require far more time and effort to solve properly. Prasenjit Saha and Paul A. Taylor build an introductory guide to astronomy on exactly this premise.

Nature Astronomy

A sophisticated text that will bring physical intuition for astronomy for mathematically able students. The computationally based problems are a welcome addition to better empower student learning.

Brian Schmidt, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011, Australian National University

Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good `back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result. This book guides students on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations -- endeavouring to be elegant where possible and using short computer programs where necessary. The material proceeds in approximate historical order. The book begins with the Enlightenment-era insight that the orbits of the planets is easy, but the orbit of the Moon is a real headache, and continues to deterministic chaos. This is followed by a chapter on spacetime and black holes. Four chapters reveal how microphysics, especially quantum mechanics, allow us to understand how stars work. The last two chapters are about cosmology, bringing us to 21st-century developments on the microwave background and gravitational waves.
Les mer
Working physicists, especially astrophysicists, value `back-of-the-envelope' calculations -- short elegant computations or arguments that start from general principles and lead to interesting results. This book guides advanced undergraduates and lower graduates on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations.
Les mer
1: Orbits 2: Celestial Mechanics 3: Schwarzschild's spacetime 4: Interlude: Quantum ideal gases 5: Gravity versus pressure 6: Nuclear fusion in stars 7: The main sequence of stars 8: The expanding Universe 9: The cosmic microwave background
Les mer
Contains numerous exercises and general principles Integrates scientific computing alongside other mathematics Offers adaptive uses of units, including Planckian units Includes pointers to many astronomical images found on the online archive Astronomy Picture of the Day
Les mer
Prasenjit Saha is an astrophysicist working mainly on various aspects of gravitational dynamics, including gravitational lenses. He has also contributed to the literature on Bayesian inference, intensity interferometers, and literate programming. He got hooked on astrophysics from books like George Gamow's, and loves books that present a subject in an interesting and slightly subversive way. Paul A. Taylor completed his doctorate in the area of stellar astrophysics at the University of Oxford. He has subsequently been a tutor, visiting researcher and lecturer in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) network in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. He continues to teach programming and signal processing within the AIMS network, and is also a staff scientist in the Scientific and Statistical Computing Core at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.
Les mer
Contains numerous exercises and general principles Integrates scientific computing alongside other mathematics Offers adaptive uses of units, including Planckian units Includes pointers to many astronomical images found on the online archive Astronomy Picture of the Day
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198816478
Publisert
2018-06-06
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
290 gr
Høyde
247 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Forfatter
Saha, Prasenjit
Taylor Paul A.

Om bidragsyterne

Prasenjit Saha is an astrophysicist working mainly on various aspects of gravitational dynamics, including gravitational lenses. He has also contributed to the literature on Bayesian inference, intensity interferometers, and literate programming. He got hooked on astrophysics from books like George Gamow's, and loves books that present a subject in an interesting and slightly subversive way. Paul A. Taylor completed his doctorate in the area of stellar astrophysics at the University of Oxford. He has subsequently been a tutor, visiting researcher and lecturer in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) network in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. He continues to teach programming and signal processing within the AIMS network, and is also a staff scientist in the Scientific and Statistical Computing Core at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.

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