Description: Further DetailsTitle: Galactic DynamicsCondition: NewEAN: 9780691130279ISBN: 9780691130279Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/27/2008Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 1276gAuthor: James Binney, Scott TremaineLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Second EditionISBN-10: 0691130272Description: Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject.This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field. * A complete revision and update of one of the most cited references in astrophysics * Provides a comprehensive description of the dynamical structure and evolution of galaxies and other stellar systems * Serves as both a graduate textbook and a resource for researchers * Includes 20 color illustrations, 205 figures, and more than 200 problems * Covers the gravitational N-body problem, hierarchical galaxy formation, galaxy mergers, dark matter, spiral structure, numerical simulations, orbits and chaos, equilibrium and stability of stellar systems, evolution of binary stars and star clusters, and much more * Companion volume to Galactic Astronomy, the definitive book on the phenomenology of galaxies and star clustersCountry/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Princeton Series in AstrophysicsEdition: Second EditionRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Galactic Dynamics
Title: Galactic Dynamics
EAN: 9780691130279
ISBN: 9780691130279
Release Date: 01/27/2008
Release Year: 2008
Subtitle: Second Edition
ISBN-10: 0691130272
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Edition: Second Edition
Number of Pages: 920 Pages
Publication Name: Galactic Dynamics : Second Edition
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 1.9 in
Subject: Mechanics / General, Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy
Features: Revised
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 45.1 Oz
Author: Scott Tremaine, James Binney
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Science
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics Ser.
Format: Perfect
