Name: Galactic Astronomy: 9 (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)
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Author: James Binney
ISBN: 9780691025650

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Galactic Astronomy: 9 (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

James Binney

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

1998

Language

English

Pages

816

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0691025657

ISBN13

9780691025650

Synopsis "Galactic Astronomy: 9 (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) "

This is the definitive treatment of the phenomenology of galaxies--a clear and comprehensive volume that takes full account of the extraordinary recent advances in the field. The book supersedes the classic text Galactic Astronomy that James Binney wrote with Dimitri Mihalas, and complements Galactic Dynamics by Binney and Scott Tremaine. It will be invaluable to researchers and is accessible to any student who has a background in undergraduate physics. The book draws on observations both of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and of external galaxies. The two sources are complementary, since the former tends to be highly detailed but difficult to interpret, while the latter is typically poorer in quality but conceptually simpler to understand. Binney and Merrifield introduce all astronomical concepts necessary to understand the properties of galaxies, including coordinate systems, magnitudes and colors, the phenomenology of stars, the theory of stellar and chemical evolution, and the measurement of astronomical distances. The book's core covers the phenomenology of external galaxies, star clusters in the Milky Way, the interstellar media of external galaxies, gas in the Milky Way, the structure and kinematics of the stellar components of the Milky Way, and the kinematics of external galaxies. Throughout, the book emphasizes the observational basis for current understanding of galactic astronomy, with references to the original literature. Offering both new information and a comprehensive view of its subject, it will be an indispensable source for professionals, as well as for graduate students and advanced undergraduates.

James Binney

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James Binney is a British theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, known for his academic work in galactic dynamics and computational physics. He co-authored, with Scott Tremaine, the influential treatise Galactic Dynamics (1987; second edition in 2008), widely considered a reference in its field. He has also written The Physics of Quantum Mechanics (2013, with David Skinner) and Galactic Astronomy (1998, with Michael Merrifield), in addition to the textbook Astrophysics (The Physics of Stars, 1995), used in multiple universities. His work focuses on the genre of scientific dissemination and academic essay

Binney's books deeply address topics of theoretical astrophysics, stellar dynamics, and quantum mechanics, standing out for their mathematical rigor and expository clarity. He is not known for specific literary awards for his publications, although he has received institutional recognition within the scientific community, including his admission to the Royal Society.

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