The Astronomers' Magic Envelope: An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders...

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Prasenjit Saha (Titular Professor of Physics, Titular Professor of Physics, University of Zurich) Paul A. Taylor (Lecturer and Staff Scientist, Lecturer and Staff Scientist, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences network, and NIH, Bathesda, USA)

The Astronomers' Magic Envelope

An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders of Magnitude

Prasenjit Saha (Titular Professor of Physics, Titular Professor of Physics, University of Zurich), Paul A. Taylor (Lecturer and Staff Scientist, Lecturer and Staff Scientist, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences network, and NIH, Bathesda, USA)

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Oxford University Press
07 June 2018

Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Cosmology & the universe; Astrophysics

Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good `back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result.

This book guides students on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations -- endeavouring to be elegant where possible and using short computer programs where necessary.

The material proceeds in approximate historical order.

The book begins with the Enlightenment-era insight that the orbits of the planets is easy, but the orbit of the Moon is a real headache, and continues to deterministic chaos.

This is followed by a chapter on spacetime and black holes.

Four chapters reveal how microphysics, especially quantum mechanics, allow us to understand how stars work.

The last two chapters are about cosmology, bringing us to 21st-century developments on the microwave background and gravitational waves.

By: Prasenjit Saha (Titular Professor of Physics Titular Professor of Physics University of Zurich), Paul A. Taylor (Lecturer and Staff Scientist, Lecturer and Staff Scientist, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences network, and NIH, Bathesda, USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 177mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 446g
ISBN: 9780198816461
ISBN 10: 0198816464
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 07 June 2018
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prasenjit Saha is an astrophysicist working mainly on various aspects of gravitational dynamics, including gravitational lenses. He has also contributed to the literature on Bayesian inference, intensity interferometers, and literate programming. He got hooked on astrophysics from books like George Gamow's, and loves books that present a subject in an interesting and slightly subversive way. Paul A. Taylor completed his doctorate in the area of stellar astrophysics at the University of Oxford. He has subsequently been a tutor, visiting researcher and lecturer in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) network in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. He continues to teach programming and signal processing within the AIMS network, and is also a staff scientist in the Scientific and Statistical Computing Core at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.

Reviews for The Astronomers' Magic Envelope: An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders of Magnitude

This is a delightful small book... It will be a good resource for lecturers, showing some nice examples of applications of the physical principles, and of especial interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. The reader is encouraged to write computer codes to find solutions, and the student with a thirst to learn and the motivation to engage fully with the book will be amply rewarded. * Alan Heavens, The Observatory * Astronomers like the concept of back-of-the-envelope calculations. Such calculations help us get a handle on very complex problems that would otherwise require far more time and effort to solve properly. Prasenjit Saha and Paul A. Taylor build an introductory guide to astronomy on exactly this premise. * Nature Astronomy * A sophisticated text that will bring physical intuition for astronomy for mathematically able students. The computationally based problems are a welcome addition to better empower student learning. * Brian Schmidt, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011, Australian National University *

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An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders of Magnitude

Prasenjit Saha (Titular Professor of Physics, Titular Professor of Physics, University of Zurich), Paul A. Taylor (Lecturer and Staff Scientist, Lecturer and Staff Scientist, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences network, and NIH, Bathesda, USA)

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An Introduction to Astrophysics Emphasizing General Principles and Orders of Magnitude

Prasenjit Saha (Titular Professor of Physics, Titular Professor of Physics, University of Zurich), Paul A. Taylor (Lecturer and Staff Scientist, Lecturer and Staff Scientist, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences network, and NIH, Bathesda, USA)

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