The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics

Автор: George W. Collins
Издательство: The Ohio State University
Страниц: 525
Год: 2003
Размер: 6,46 МБ

This textbook designed for advanced undergraduate students covers the foundations and principles in the field, and gives the necessary background for advanced courses. Beginning with a survey of some of the fundamentals of statistical mechanics, Collins builds up the physics of stellar structure step by step, showing where complexities arise due to the failure of assumptions.