The Astronomers Magic Envelope

Author : Prasenjit Saha
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019254845X
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Astronomers' Magic Envelope written by Prasenjit Saha and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good `back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result. This book guides students on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations — endeavouring to be elegant where possible and using short computer programs where necessary. The material proceeds in approximate historical order. The book begins with the Enlightenment-era insight that the orbits of the planets is easy, but the orbit of the Moon is a real headache, and continues to deterministic chaos. This is followed by a chapter on spacetime and black holes. Four chapters reveal how microphysics, especially quantum mechanics, allow us to understand how stars work. The last two chapters are about cosmology, bringing us to 21st-century developments on the microwave background and gravitational waves.

Author : Paul A. Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191858246
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Astronomers' Magic Envelope written by Paul A. Taylor and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good 'back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result. This book guides students on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations - endeavouring to be elegant where possible and using short computer programs where necessary. The material proceeds in approximate historical order. The book begins with the Enlightenment-era insight that the orbits of the planets is easy, but the orbit of the Moon is a real headache, and continues to deterministic chaos. This is followed by a chapter on spacetime and black holes. Four chapters reveal how microphysics, especially quantum mechanics, allow us to understand how stars work. The last two chapters are about cosmology, bringing us to 21st-century developments on the microwave background and gravitational waves.

Author : V. V. Sobolev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674864634
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moving Envelopes of Stars written by V. V. Sobolev and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Natalia Ivanova
Publisher : Myprint
ISBN 13 : 9780750319096
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Common Envelope Evolution written by Natalia Ivanova and published by Myprint. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common envelope evolution is the most important phase in the lives of many significant classes of binary stars. During a common envelope phase, the stars temporarily share the same outer layers, with the cores of both stars orbiting inside the same common envelope. This common envelope is sometimes ejected and helps to explain the formation of a wide variety of astrophysical phenomena, including cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries, progenitors for type Ia supernovae, and gravitational-wave mergers. Modeling common envelope evolution is a challenging problem, and this important process has typically been described in evolutionary models using very approximate treatments. This book explains the physics of common envelope evolution and relates it to the approximations that are frequently used for modeling the onset, progression, and outcome of common envelope phases. Key Features The first book dedicated to the topic Written by world-leading experts in the field Provides a thorough overview of theoretical foundations and state-of-art numerical models Suitable for graduate students and researchers

Author : Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moving Envelopes of Stars written by Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Viktor Viktorovič Sobolev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Moving Envelopes of Stars written by Viktor Viktorovič Sobolev and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. A. Gurevich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780785563020
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic of Galaxies and Stars written by L. A. Gurevich and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Franklin
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421418800
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Conjecture written by James Franklin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk.

Author : W.H. Smyth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.2Y/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sailor's Word-book written by W.H. Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Henry Smyth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
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