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Galaxy Formation and Evolutionby Hyron Spinrad
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 169.00Discusses the evolution of galaxies, emphasising the boundaries of our knowledge about the most distant galaxies, but demonstrating how it is possible to make comparisons between nearby galaxies and the most distant current observed. This book also reviews galaxy morphology and its likely history. more...
Galaxies in the Universeby Linda S. Sparke; John S. III Gallagher
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 64.00Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics. more...
Galaxies and How to Observe Themby Wolfgang Steinicke; Richard Jakiel
Springer 2007; US$ 32.95A comprehensive review of major aspects of galaxy observation. This book combines the physical background on the nature and data of galaxies, the relevant instrumentation and viewing techniques, and finally, the targets and their individual appearance in telescopes of various apertures. more...
Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxiesby Bernard E. J. Pagel
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 84.00A lucid introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, and an authoritative overview for researchers and professional scientists. more...
High-Redshift Galaxiesby Immo Appenzeller
Springer 2009; US$ 109.00Presents a comprehensive account of the scientific results on high-redshift galaxies. Summarizing the observational data, this book describes the observational methods which made it possible to study these very distant and extremely faint objects. It is suitable for students interested in extragalactic astronomy. more...
Proceedings of the Galactic Center Workshop 2002by Angela Cotera; Sera Markoff; Thomas R. Geballe; Heino Falcke
Wiley-VCH 2008; US$ 215.00Our knowledge of the environment of the nucleus of our galaxy has been greatly enhanced, by more extensive and sensitive observations at radio and infrared wavelengths, the advent of high resolution x-ray imaging and spectroscopy, and considerable theoretical activity to understand the nucleus and its components, and their activity. The Galactic Center Workshop 2002 was organized to review recent research on the galactic center, including the latest state-of-the-art observations and important theoretical developments. The workshop covered phenomena on scales ranging from the central several hundred parsecs to the central parsec and within. Each topic was approached from both multi-wavelength observational and theoretical perspectives. more...
Alla scoperta delle galassie (Le Stelle) (Italian Edition)by A Boselli
Springer 2010; US$ 39.95Tradotto dall'originale francese "A la decouverte des galaxies", il testo, centrato sullo studio delle galassie, è supportato da numerose fotografie spettacolari ottenute dai più recenti telescopi e satelliti. E' indirizzato a un pubblico assai ampio, che include studenti degli ultimi anni dei licei o dei primi anni delle facolta scientifiche, astronomi amatori o a tutte le persone con qualche competenza scientifica interessate all'astronomia. La descrizione delle immagini e la spiegazione dei processi fisici è infatti fatta in modo semplice, senza l'uso del formalismo matematico, per rendere il testo accessibile a tutti. more...
Galaxy Morphology and Classificationby Sidney Bergh
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 73.00A concise and up-to-date guide to the shape of galaxies and how they can be classified, by one of the pioneers of the field. more...
Galactic Dynamicsby James Binney; Scott Tremaine
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 85.00Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response... more...
Relativistic Jets from Active Galactic Nucleiby Markus Boettcher; Daniel E. Harris; Henric Krawczynski
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 135.00Written by a carefully selected consortium of researchers working in the field, this book fills the gap for an up-to-date summary of the observational and theoretical status. As such, this monograph includes all used wavelengths, from radio to gamma, the FERMI telescope, a history and theory refresher, and jets from gamma ray bursts. For astronomers, nuclear physicists, and plasmaphysicists. more...









