Cosmic Pinwheels: Spiral Galaxies and the Universe

by Ronald James Buta

Book Overview

'It is strongly biased towards the author's speciality of galaxy morphology, and particularly to bars and rings. To be fair, these are often given fairly short shrift in other textbooks, so this is a useful source of detail on such topics from an expert. In addition, references to original technical papers are given throughout which makes the book a handy introduction to the literature (which students may well find useful).'The Observatory MagazineThe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811217475
• ISBN13: 9789811217470
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"