Galaxy Formation
Publisher: Springer London, Limited
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9783662035719
Description: This is a textbook for graduate students in astrophysics. The author is extremely well known not only as an astrophysicist but also as a writer of superb talent. The presentation is clear and the book should become a favourite text for students. It deals with the matter and radiation content of the universe, and the formation of galaxies, and it gives a comprehensive introduction to relativistic astrophysics as needed for the clarification of cosmological ideas.