This text presents modern astrophysics using the basic tools of physics. The text can be used for a course in stellar structure and evolution, with additional material on the solar system, galactic structure, dynamics, evolution, and cosmology.
Author: Therese Jones
Posted: June 17, 2010 at 6:06PM
Source: The Nucleus collection
I agree Carroll and Ostlie is long, but it is the best comprehensive book on astrophysics without question, if you're planning on going into the field. Don't think of it as a textbook to go through chapter by chapter, but rather a reference book, in which you will occasionally skim sections of to help clarify concepts.
Author: Deuce
Posted: December 1, 2005 at 9:54AM
Source: The Nucleus collection
The Book's ok, but it's really not completely transparent in terms of material. On top of that, it's just too blasted long. I don't have time to read all that material.
<a href="http://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=523">Carroll, Bradley W., and Dale A. Ostlie. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. 2007.</a>
B. Carroll and D. Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (2007), WWW Document, (http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Introduction-to-Modern-Astrophysics-An/9780805304022.page).
B. Carroll and D. Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (2007), <http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Introduction-to-Modern-Astrophysics-An/9780805304022.page>.
Carroll, B., & Ostlie, D. (2007). An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. Retrieved May 24, 2013, from http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Introduction-to-Modern-Astrophysics-An/9780805304022.page
Carroll, Bradley W., and Dale A. Ostlie. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. 2007. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Introduction-to-Modern-Astrophysics-An/9780805304022.page (accessed 24 May 2013).
Carroll, Bradley W., and Dale A. Ostlie. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. 2007. 24 May 2013 <http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Introduction-to-Modern-Astrophysics-An/9780805304022.page>.
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