The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy (Series of Books in Astronomy)

Shu, Frank

ISBN 10: 0935702059 / ISBN 13: 9780935702057

Editore: University Science Books, 1981

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• Titolo: The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy (Series of Books in Astronomy)
• Editore: University Science Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1981
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0935702059
• ISBN 13: 9780935702057
• Rilegatura: paperback
• Condizione: Fair
• Peso: 60 once

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Riassunto

THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE: An Introduction to Astronomy by Frank Shu is a classic text that despite its age, still offers up concise and exact explanations of concepts in physics from basic thermodynamics and quantum up to solar and galactic physics and on to cosmology. The philosophical ruminations on life not only add to this book's depth, but also to its basic sense of humanity.

Informazioni sull?autore

Frank Shu is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1968. Shu has written a number of expository articles for the lay public, and is the author of The Physics of Astrophysics, Volumes I and II. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Academia Sinica.