Gravitational Physics of Stellar and Galactic Systems

by William C. Saslaw

Book Overview

This text describes the gravitational interactions and evolution of astronomical systems on all scales, from small groups of stars through galaxies and clusters of galaxies to the Universe itself. In a rapidly developing area of astronomy, it is the first comprehensive treatise on the subject to be published since the early 1960s. Concentrating on the basic physics, at a graduate student level, it also develops many astronomical applications in considerable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521349753
• ISBN13: 9780521349758
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"