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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="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=523">Carroll, Bradley W., and Dale A. Ostlie. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. October 1, 2017.</a>
B. Carroll and D. Ostlie, , Version 2nd Edition (2017), WWW Document, (https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/introduction-modern-astrophysics-2nd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9781108422161).
B. Carroll and D. Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Version 2nd Edition (2017), <https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/introduction-modern-astrophysics-2nd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9781108422161>.
Carroll, B., & Ostlie, D. (2017, October 1). An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/introduction-modern-astrophysics-2nd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9781108422161
Carroll, Bradley W., and Dale A. Ostlie. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. October 1, 2017. https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/introduction-modern-astrophysics-2nd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9781108422161 (accessed 14 June 2025).
Carroll, Bradley W., and Dale A. Ostlie. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. Vers. 2nd Edition. 2017. 1 Oct. 2017. 14 June 2025 <https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/introduction-modern-astrophysics-2nd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9781108422161>.
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