Astrophysical Recipes (Second Edition)
the art of amuse
$437.77
- Hardcover
700 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2024
Summary
Astrophysical Recipes: From Python to the Cosmos (Second Edition)
In the first edition, this book laid the groundwork for computational astrophysics, emphasizing the Astronomical Multipurpose Software Environment (AMUSE)—a Python-based simulation environment. AMUSE empowers users to create applications by merging existing solvers, facilitating the study of increasingly intricate scenarios. This promotes the hierarchical growth of multi-physics and multi-scale applications, ensuring …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750353298 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0750353295 |
| Series: | IOP ebooks |
| Author: | Simon Portegies Zwart, Dr. Inti Pelupessy, Dr Steven Rieder, Professor Steve McMillan, Steve McMillan |
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Imprint: | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 700 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
About The Author
Simon Portegies Zwart
Simon Portegies Zwart is currently professor of numerical stellar dynamics at Leiden University with research interests in computational gravitational dynamics, stellar and binary evolution and related topics. His ongoing work has been the development and building of the Astronomical Multipurpose Software Environment (AMUSE). He has published more than 300 papers and received numerous citations in relevant works. Steve McMillan is currently the head of the department of physics at Drexel University and his research interests lie in stellar dynamics and computations of stellar systems. Both authors have dedicated extensive amounts of time to this book and continue to work on AMUSE as an ongoing project.
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