Introduction to the Interstellar Medium - Hardcover

Williams, Jonathan P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108480802 ISBN 13: 9781108480802

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

A comprehensive yet accessible textbook introducing the nature of the rarefied matter that pervades the space between stars.

About this title

About the Author

Jonathan Williams is an Astronomer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research in the Interstellar Medium has ranged from the formation of the giant molecular clouds that form stars to the evolution of disks around young stars that give birth to planets. He has written pedagogical reviews on these topics and taught a wide variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. This textbook builds on his course notes that have been widely used and class-tested over almost two decades.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108480802
• ISBN 13: 9781108480802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218