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Astronomy By Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison And Sidney C Wolff
The book starts with relevant scientific fundamentals and progresses through an exploration of the solar system, stars, galaxies and cosmology. Also builds student understanding through the use of relevant analogies, clear and non-technical explanations, and rich illustrations.
Author(s): Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison And Sidney C Wolff
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This PDF covers the following topics related to Astronomy : Introduction to Astrophysics, Size and Distance Scales, Stars: A Basic Overview, Temperature, Luminosity, and Energy, Energy Sources, The Two-Body Problem and Kepler’s Laws, Binary Systems, Exoplanets, Planets, and the Solar System, Gravitational Waves, Radiation, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Classification, Spectra, and Some Thermodynamics, Stellar Atmospheres, Timescales in Stellar Interiors, Stellar Structure, Stability, Instability, and Convection, Polytropes, An Introduction to Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear Reaction Pathways, End Stages of Nuclear Burning, Stellar Evolution: The Core, Stellar Evolution: The Rest of the Picture, On the Deaths of Massive Stars, Compact Objects, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Accretion, Fluid Mechanics, The Interstellar Medium, Exoplanet Atmospheres, The Big Bang, Our Starting Point, Thermal and Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Energy Transport.
Author(s): I.J.M. Crossfield
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Introduction to Astronomy by Prof. Saul Rappaport
This note provides a quantitative introduction to the physics of the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe, as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models.
Author(s): Prof. Saul Rappaport
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Lectures on the History of Astronomy
This note describes the following topics: Astronomy History and science, Ancient Mesopotamian Astronomy, Greek Astronomy, Islamic Astronomy, The Copernican Revolution, The Universe of the 20th Century.
Author(s): David J Jeffery
124 Pages
Introduction to Astronomy Lectures
This book covers the following topics: Orbits and Light, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Solar System, Planetary System Formation, The Sun, Properties of Stars, Interstellar Medium, Star Formation, Stellar Evolution.
Author(s): John Scalo
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An Introduction to Astronomy by Helen Johnston
This astronomy note introduces you to the wonders of modern astronomy.From the Solar System to the most distant galaxies, we undertake an eye-opening journey, from how stars work to the structure of the universe itself.
Author(s): Helen Johnston
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Modern Astronomy Lives of the Stars
This note demonstrate the extraordinary images flowing from the Hubble Space Telescope, this series builds a picture of each stage in the life cycle of a star. An evening of star viewing in the Blue Mountains is included.
Author(s): Helen Johnston
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Astronomy Lecture Notes and Resources
This lecture note covers the following topics: Motions of the Earth and moon, Motion and Gravity, Renaissance Astronomy, Optical Telescopes, Space Exploration, Science and Astronomy, The Solar System, Stellar Systems and Interstellar Matter, Galaxies and the Universe.
Author(s): Luca Bombelli
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Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe as a whole, and of celestial bodies and the underlying physics governing those bodies. This Wikibook introduces the reader to that tapestry and the process that revealed it to humanity. It presents astronomy not only as a field of knowledge, but also as a human endeavor in science.
Author(s): wikibooks.org
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The Elements of Astronomy, Or, The World as it Is, and as it Appears
As such a book, The Elements of Astronomy, or the World as it is, and as it appears, is offered by a teacher to the teaching and studying public. Had the writer aimed only to excite an interest in the subject, it would have been shorter and more attractive , but it is intended, likewise, to exercise the student's memory, reason, and imagination.
Author(s): Anna C. Lowell
381 Pages
Forest Ray Moulton was an American astronomer.In this book he explains all the fundamental principles in astronomy.
Author(s): Forest Ray Moulton
518 Pages
Exploring Black Holes General Relativity and Astrophysics
This note covers the following topics: Einstein's field equations, x-ray binaries and the search for black holes, the universe, cosmic structure formation; From inflation to galaxies.
Author(s): Prof. Edmund Bertschinger and Prof. Edwin F. Taylor
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Covered topics are: What is a Galaxy?, Gravitational Potentials, Orbits in Spherical Potentials and Integrals, Orbits in Axisymmetric Potentials, Epicyclic Approximation, Equilibria of Stellar Systems, Boltzmann Equation, Jeans' Equations in Spherical Coordinates, Jeans' Equations Applied, Jeans' Theorem, Stability: Jeans Mass and Spiral Structure, Gravitational Mirages (aka lenses) via Fermat's Principle, Applied Gravitational Lensing, Weak Lensing, Clusters of Galaxies, The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect, Cosmological Parameters, Growing Modes in Expanding Universes: Jeans Redux.
Author(s): Prof. Paul Schechter
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