Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations, 1st Edition
$147.78
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2005
Summary
Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations is a comprehensive presentation of the theory of stellar evolution and its application to the study of stellar populations in galaxies. Taking a unique approach to the subject, this self-contained text introduces first the theory of stellar evolution in a clear and accessible manner, with particular emphasis placed on explaining the evolution with time of observable stellar properties, such as luminosities and surface chemical abundances. This is …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780470092200 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0470092203 |
| Author: | Maurizio Salaris, Santi Cassisi |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Imprint: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 737g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 169mm x 23mm |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
”…books in this field will be increasingly useful.” (Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, December 2006)
“…will serve generations of students to come as an authoritative reference which details how stars and stellar populations come to develop (and then evolve) over long blocks of time.” (The Electric Review, March/April 2006)
“Well and clearly written and well referenced and illustrated … a valuable and welcome contribution.” (Observatory, August 2006)
“…considerable achievement of collecting many fascinating and useful graphs and figures in one place.” (Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, December 2006)
About The Author
Maurizio Salaris
Maurizio Salaris studied physics at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, and then worked at the Collurania-Teramo-Observatory, Italy, the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, and the Astrophysics Research Institute of the Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where he currently holds the post of Professor of Stellar Astrophysics. He has published about 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and books, plus a monograph, co-authored by Santi Cassisi. Professor Salaris’s scientific work focuses on theoretical stellar evolution, stellar population synthesis models, and the interpretation of photometric and spectroscopic observations of Galactic and extragalactic stellar populations.
Santi Cassisi received his degree in physics from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 1991. He then spent a year at the Astronomical Observatory of Meudon-Paris, France, followed by a PhD-fellowship at the University of L’Aquila, Italy, from 1995 to 1997. In 1998, he accepted a post as staff researcher at the Collurania-Teramo-Observatory, a research unit of INAF. He currently holds a position as associate professor at the same institution. Professor Cassisi’s research focuses on theoretical stellar evolution and its application to the study of both galactic and extra-galactic stellar populations. He has authored about 210 scientific papers, 115 of them in peer-reviewed journals, and a monograph.
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