Stellar Evolution Physics: Physical Processese in Stellar Interiors: Volume 1 (Stellar Evolution Physics 2 Volume Hardback Set) - Hardcover

Iben, Icko

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107016568 ISBN 13: 9781107016569

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Describes how stars respond to microscopic physics, from formation, through hydrogen-burning phases, up to the onset of helium burning.

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About the Author

Icko Iben, Jr is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he also gained his MS and PhD degrees in Physics and where a Distinguished Lectureship in his name was established in 1998. He initiated his teaching career at Williams College (1958–1961), engaged in astrophysics research as a Senior Research Fellow at Cal Tech (1961–1964), and continued his teaching career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1964–1972) and Illinois (1972–1999). He has held visiting Professorships at over a dozen institutions, including Harvard University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the University of Bologna, Italy and Niigata University, Japan. He was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 1985 and his awards include the Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (1989), the George Darwin Lectureship (1984) and the Eddington Medal (1990) of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Eminent Scientist Award of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003–2004).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107016568
• ISBN 13: 9781107016569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 906