Astrophysical Techniques - Hardcover

Kitchin, C. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852744617 ISBN 13: 9780852744611

Publisher: Adam Hilger, 1984

Synopsis

Astrophysical Techniques provides a comprehensive and clearly understandable account of the instruments and techniques used in astronomy and astrophysics. Drawing together an ever-diverging array of observational techniques, using the common thread of a detection-imaging-ancillary instruments pattern, Dr Kitchin has provided us with a unified view of astrophysical investigation. The author's fully illustrated text starts from first principles and explains each method up to the point at which you can begin practical work with the equipment and even start designing it. Exercises with answers are used to reinforce the ideas presented in each chapter. There is also an extensive bibliography to enable further study and appendices of tables of astrophysical data provide an excellent reference source. Science undergraduates taking an astronomy option will find Astrophysical Techniques an essential study aid. Amateur astronomers of any level will find this book to be of immense value to research. Professional astronomers should use this book as a source of information on areas unfamiliar to them. This revised and updated edition of Dr Kitchin's authoritative book contains a large amount of new material keeping the student of astronomy totally informed. It is an essential guide to all the astrophysical methods and techniques.

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Review

Reviews of the third edition ..."a well-written, comprehensive guide to the techniques and instruments used to probe the cosmos. Useful to star gazers at all levels of expertise." - New Scientist ..." an extensive and penetrating compendium ... astronomers at any level will find this book of great value ... The book succeeds very well in bringing together, in one source, the current state of the art of detecting the universe in all its guises." - Modern Astronomer "The book is thorough and is accurately aimed at the undergraduate who likes a good long read. ... It is a superb review of the plethora of complicated physical processes" - Times Higher Educational Supplement "There are not many contemporary books which attempt to cover such a broad range as this one does . . . This book will be at its most useful in an introductory capacity and as a means for acquiring an initial general orientation." - T S Glass in MNASSA Vol. 58 Nos. 3 and 4 of the third edition ..."a well-written, comprehensive guide to the techniques and instruments used to probe the cosmos. Useful to star gazers at all levels of expertise." - New Scientist ..." an extensive and penetrating compendium ... astronomers at any level will find this book of great value ... The book succeeds very well in bringing together, in one source, the current state of the art of detecting the universe in all its guises." - Modern Astronomer "The book is thorough and is accurately aimed at the undergraduate who likes a good long read. ... It is a superb review of the plethora of complicated physical processes" - Times Higher Educational Supplement "There are not many contemporary books which attempt to cover such a broad range as thisone does . . . This book will be at its most useful in an introductory capacity and as a means for acquiring an initial general orientation." - T S Glass in MNASSA Vol. 58 Nos. 3 and 4

About the Author

University of Hertfordshire Observatory, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Adam Hilger
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852744617
• ISBN 13: 9780852744611
• Binding: Hardcover