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  3. A Student's Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2014
Print publication year:
2013
Online ISBN:
9781139542388
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542388
Series:
Student's Guides
Subjects:
Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy: General Interest, General and Classical Physics, Engineering: General Interest
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Book description

The study of astronomy offers an unlimited opportunity for us to gain a deeper understanding of our planet, the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy and the known Universe. Using the plain-language approach that has proven highly popular in Fleisch's other Student's Guides, this book is ideal for non-science majors taking introductory astronomy courses. The authors address topics that students find most troublesome, on subjects ranging from stars and light to gravity and black holes. Dozens of fully worked examples and over 150 exercises and homework problems help readers get to grips with the concepts in each chapter. An accompanying website features a host of supporting materials, including interactive solutions for every exercise and problem in the text and a series of video podcasts in which the authors explain the important concepts of every section of the book.

Reviews

'For the budding student of astronomy with a phobia of numbers and equations comes this book to the rescue … a great introduction to the maths of astronomy.'

Source: Astronomy Now

'A strong feature of the book is the excellent selection of instructive problems at the end of each chapter. Could be useful if you are desperately trying to think of some questions for your mid-term exams.'

Source: The Observatory

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References
Further reading
Bennett, J., Donahue, M., and Schneider, N., The Cosmic Perspective, Addison-Wesley 2009.
Carroll, B. and Ostlie, D., Astrophysics, Addison-Wesley 2006.
Chaisson, E. and McMillan, S., Astronomy Today, Addison-Wesley 2010.
Dickinson, T., The Backyard Astronomer's Guide, Firefly 2008.
Freedman, R. and Kaufmann, W., Universe, W.H. Freeman 2007.
Hoskin, M., The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press 1999.
Mitton, J., The Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press 2008.
Pasachoff, J. and Filippenko, A., The Cosmos, Brooks Cole 2006.
Schneider, S. and Arny, T., Pathways to Astronomy, McGraw-Hill 2011.
Seeds, M. and Backman, D., Foundations of Astronomy, Brooks Cole 2012.

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