Astrophysics for Physicists

Designed for teaching astrophysics to physics students at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level, this textbook develops astrophysics from the basics without requiring any previous study in astronomy or astrophysics. Topics not usually covered in physics courses, such as general relativity and plasma physics, are developed from first principles.

• | By (Author): Arnab Rai (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) Choudhuri
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 11, 2010
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 490 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0521815533
• | ISBN-13: 9780521815536