The Physical Universe : An Introduction to Astronomy

Shu, Frank

ISBN 10: 0935702059 / ISBN 13: 9780935702057

Editore: MIT Press, 1981

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo 4432838-6

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.

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Titolo: The Physical Universe : An Introduction to ...
Casa editrice: MIT Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1981
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good