Hydrodynamics and Stellar Winds: An Introduction (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

Maciel, Walter J.

ISBN 10: 3319043277 / ISBN 13: 9783319043272

Published by Springer, 2014

In English. Seller Inventory # ria9783319043272_new

Synopsis:

This book presents an elementary introduction to the fundamentals of hydrodynamics with an application to the study of stellar winds. It is an ideal first approach to hydrodynamics for undergraduate students in physics and astrophysics.

About the Author:

Walter Junqueira Maciel was born in Cruzília, MG, Brazil. He graduated in Physics at UFMG (Minas Gerais Federal University), in Belo Horizonte, and obtained a masters degree at ITA (Aeronautics Technological Institute), São José dos Campos, and a PhD at São Paulo University. He did several internships in Groningen, the Netherlands, and in Heidelberg, Germany. He is a full professor in the Astronomy Department at the Astronomical and Geophysical Institute, São Paulo University, where he has been working since 1974. He was the head of the department between 1992 and 1994. He has published over a hundred scientific papers in international journals and around fifty papers (science, education, and outreach) in national journals. He is the author of the book “Introduction to Stellar Structure and Evolution”(Edusp, 1999), which won the Jabuti Prize in 2000 in the field of exact sciences, technology, and computer sciences, and of the book “Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium” (Springer,2013).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hydrodynamics and Stellar Winds: An ...
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New