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A comprehensive and engaging textbook, covering the entire astrophysics curriculum in one volume.
A re-issued edition of this well-known modern astrophysics textbook. Designed for astronomy and physics majors, the Second Edition covers every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology, in one comprehensive and engaging volume.
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An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmology. Designed to provide students with a working knowledge of modern astrophysics, this textbook is suitable for astronomy and physics majors who have had a first-year introductory physics course with calculus. Featuring a brief summary of the main scientific discoveries that have led to our current understanding of the universe; worked examples to facilitate the understanding of the concepts presented in the book; end-of-chapter problems to practice the skills acquired; and computational exercises to numerically model astronomical systems, the second edition of An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is the go-to textbook for learning the core astrophysics curriculum as well as the many advances in the field.
About the Author
Bradley W. Carroll received his B.A. in Mathematics and a Secondary Teaching Credential from the University of California, Irvine, his M.S. in Physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He then accepted a postdoc with Hugh Van Horn at the University of Rochester and, four years later, accepted a position in the Physics Department at Weber State University, where he served as the Physics Department chair for ten years. He retired in 2015 after thirty years at Weber State University, Utah. During this time, he was awarded the Lowe Innovative Teaching Award and named a WSU Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor. He is an emeritus member of the American Astronomical Society. Dale A. Ostlie received his B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota with degrees in Physics and Mathematics, and his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Iowa State University. After a two-year teaching position at Bates College in Maine, he moved to Weber State University (WSU), where he worked for thrity years, retiring in 2014. At WSU Dale served as Chair of the Department of Physics for seven years and Dean of the College of Science for eight years. He also served as a collaborator at Los Alamos National Laboratory and worked as an early consultant at the Space Telescope Science Institute. In addition, he has authored or co-authored numerous papers in stellar pulsation theory. While at WSU, Dale was awarded the Lowe Innovative Teaching Award and the Exemplary Collaboration Award. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
"Mediocre Introduction to Astrophysics
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2021
This book reminds me of mediocre to poor textbooks assigned for physics courses when I was a graduate student. Though this book was written for an intro level graduate school course it would not be a good supplement for any lecture notes, at best more like a dictionary to look up a general outline of a topic. Other more advanced graduate school level astrophysics books give far better explanations, motivations, and derivations when appropriate. More effort with them required but they provide a much deeper understanding of the physics. Some chapters are very poor, ex. the brief intro to general relativity. Some chapters could be considered undergraduate level but still presented poorly, more like an intro astronomy text with equations added . Many chapters seem to be more like quotes out of other textbooks than an instructor who thoroughly understands the field. For a graduate level course or even a undergraduate level course this would not be my text of choice or even recommended. I am surprised at the overall good reviews 4 star + which was a motivation for buying this book. There are numerous far better texts. It would be hard for a physics major to use this course as an intro if they are motivated for a career in astrophysics."
I bought "The Universe - the definitive visual guide" by Martin Rees, which is much more modern, though it lacks any mathematics.
