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Galactic Dynamics

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780691130279 Author(s): James Binney Format: Paperback Year: 2008 Edition: 2nd Publisher: Princeton University Press Dimensions: 158 x 231 x 41 (w x l x h) Pages: 885 Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics (Paperback)

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Description: Since it was first published in 1987, "Galactic Dynamics" has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making "Galactic Dynamics" the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers.

Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject.

This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field. A complete revision and update of one of the most cited references in astrophysicsProvides