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Winner of the American Astronomical Society's Chambliss Award, Astrophysics in a Nutshell has become the text of choice in astrophysics courses for science majors at top universities in North America and beyond. In this expanded and fully updated second edition, the book gets even better, with a new chapter on extrasolar planets; a greatly expanded chapter on the interstellar medium; fully updated facts and figures on all subjects, from the observed properties of white dwarfs to the latest results from precision cosmology; and additional instructive problem sets. Throughout, the text features the same focused, concise style and emphasis on physics intuition that have made the book a favorite of students and teachers.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Applied physics

• Full title: Astrophysics in a Nutshell
• Author: Dan Maoz
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9780691164793
• ISBN: 9780691164793
• ID: 02794324
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 832 g
• Dimensions: 186 × 262 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. February 2016

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