A Student's Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy

Produktbeschreibung

Designed for non-science majors taking introductory astronomy courses, this explains how to how to use mathematics to solve problems in astronomy. Features simple explanations, clear examples, over 150 exercises, and a rich set of online supporting materials. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fundamentals; 2. Gravity; 3. Light; 4. Parallax, angular size, and angular resolution; 5. Stars; 6. Black holes and cosmology; References; Index. 

Kritik

'For the budding student of astronomy with a phobia of numbers and equations comes this book to the rescue ... a great introduction to the maths of astronomy.' Astronomy Now 

Autoreninfo

Fleisch, Daniel
Daniel Fleisch is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Wittenberg University, where he specializes in electromagnetics and space physics. He is the author of A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations and A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors (Cambridge University Press, 2008 and 2011, respectively).