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This text, designed for beginning students of stellar physics, introduces the fundamentals of stellar structure and evolution. In emphasizing the general picture of the life cycles of stars and the physics responsible, it also allows prospective specialists a taste of many of the detailed aspects of this mature discipline. The authors develop a solid foundation in important theory that is often overlooked in typical courses, yet steer clear of extraneous intensive mathematics and physics.Topics include nuclear physics and stellar energy sources, the equation of state of stellar material, phenomenological approaches to convection, and modern numerical techniques for computation of stellar evolution.Keeping pace with recent developments, the authors incorporate important elements such as asteroseismology, and the effects of rotation and magnetic fields.

The text contains the source code for two useful programs, ZAMS (for constructing chemically homogeneous zero-age main sequence models) and PULS (to study the seismological properties of the ZAMS models). Some chapters include exercises. The diskette can be used on any computer with a FORTRAN compiler. ... Read more

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This workshop brought together the leaders in the field of education in astronomy and explored the newly available technologies that can make astronomy a more powerful teaching tool for high school and undergraduate college students. Techniques include the use of automated telescopes, charge-coupled devices and a personal computer for image processing and data manipulation. ... Read more

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Chaisson/McMillan's writing style and pedagogically driven art program are recognized as being scientifically accurate yet accessible to non-science majors. The integrated media program contains the market's only E-book. It provides readers with innovative and interactive tools to learn and test their understanding of astronomy concepts.Topics covered include Astronomy and the Universe, Our Planetay System, Stars and Stellar Evolution, Galaxies and Cosmology, and more.For one or two-semester introductory astronomy course. ... Read more

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Good job
Product arrived on time and in condition described. Will use again if possible. Thank you!

Slow Shipping
What's the point of paying an extra $12 for two-day shipping when you get it nearly seven days later?

Everything I expected and more
The book is in better condition than stated on the details page. I ordered this book for school and feared it would not be delivered on time for my first class. However, to my surprise, it came within a week and was even earlier than the estimate on my confirmation email. This has taken away my pessimism about ordered and shipping from the internet. The book was also extremely cheap compared to most college book sites.

Finally, a textbook almost worth the price!
I purchased this text for our daughter, who is taking an introductory astronomy class.I never had the chance to take such a class myself but always had an interest in astronomy, so I started reading some of the chapters. To my great satisfaction, it was actually very well written, concise, and seemed to be up to date on the some of the more interesting and current issues in astronomy- dark matter/energy, inflationary universes, black holes, etc.It has an excellent explanation of black body radiation and how the emission profile of a celestial object gives can disclose both its temperature and much about its composition.It also takes care to show exactly what portion of the light specturm is used to generate each image (of which there are many beautiful ones included), which really helps understand why optical telescopes can't solve all the scientific mysteries (the center of the Milky Way can't even be seen in the visual spectrum due to dust).It also used a minimal amount of math, which takes away nothng from the points made.As a parent tired of forking over hundreds of dollars for textbooks that unnecessarily change edition every year (how is that possible, I ask?), I did not mind paying for this one.

Kudos to the authors for a very readable and useful text. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn about astronomy but never had the opportunity.The only material that I thought might be improved was the section covering the H-R diagrams of star evolution- it would help to have a simple diagram of a typical star as it progresses through the main sequence and beyond, gaining or losing mass.the luminosity and temperature portions of the process are well described, but it's a bit hard to put it all together. Is the H-R diagram really the most useful way to understand star evolution?Regardless, this book rates as an outstanding science textbook in my opinion.

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I ordered this book for a class I was taking on the 26th of January. The book's estimated time of arrival was February 3 through 18, it never came. I emailed the seller three times without a response and finally had to file a claim to get my money back. I no longer needed the book because I dropped the class. I am awaiting a refund. DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM XCELLENTEP, or whatever the seller's name is, you'll never get what you purchased and it will take forever for a refund. ... Read more