The Stars: Their Structure and Evolution

by Roger J. Taylor and Roger John Tayler

This textbook gives a clear account of the manner in which knowledge in many branches of physics such as gravitation, thermodynamics, atomic physics and nuclear physics can be combined to gain an understanding of the structure and evolution of stars. A major aim is to present the subject as one in which advances are still being made. The first half is an account of the observational properties of stars and a discussion of the equations that govern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521458854
• ISBN13: 9780521458856
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.7"