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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 July 2011
      25 July 1985
      ISBN:
      9780511564239
      9780521349758
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564239
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      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.878kg, 512 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics
      Series:
      Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
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    Subjects:
    Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics
    Series:
    Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
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    This text describes the gravitational interactions and evolution of astronomical systems on all scales, from small groups of stars through galaxies and clusters of galaxies to the Universe itself. In a rapidly developing area of astronomy, it is the first comprehensive treatise on the subject to be published since the early 1960s. Concentrating on the basic physics, at a graduate student level, it also develops many astronomical applications in considerable detail. The book is self-contained. Most results are derived from preceding ones in a straightforward way. It is written to bring out the physical content behind the mathematical formulae, and contains a number of exercises and suggestions for research topics. Bibliographies with nearly 300 selected references provide gateways into the literature.

    Reviews

    ‘ … the author achieves a ery nice balance between mathematics, physics and astronomy as well as between the reality and simplicity of the models discussed.’

    Source: Classical and Quantum Gravity

    ‘ … eminently readable. It is written throughout in an engaging style with a clear logical development … All this adds up to a beautifully presented account … it will be much appreciated by both practising astronomers and beginning graduate students in astronomy.’

    Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

    ‘ … a beautifully written text on stellar physics and on dynamics … The author has produced a work of literature, indispensible to anyone working on studies of stellar and galactic systems.’

    Source: New Scientist

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