The fundamentals of modern astrophysics : a survey of the cosmos from the home planet to space frontiers /: a survey of the cosmos from the home planet to space frontiers. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mikhail Ya Marov.
• Authors: Marov, M. I︠A︡ (Mikhail I︠A︡kovlevich)
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Short Biography; Contents; Chapter 1: The Solar System; The Solar System Family: An Overview; Orbital and Rotational Dynamics; Resonances; Migration and Collisions; Chapter 2: The Terrestrial Planets; General View; Earth; The Moon; Mercury; Venus; Mars; Some Problems of Our Neighbor Planets' Evolution; Chapter 3: The Giant Planets; General View; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; Atmospheric Dynamics; Satellites and Rings; Satellites; Rings; Chapter 4: Small Bodies; Nature and Dynamics; Asteroids; Comets; Interplanetary Dust; Meteorites. Migration and ImplicationsChapter 5: The Sun and Heliosphere; The Sun As a Star: General Properties; Structure and Energy; Composition; Solar Activity; Heliosphere; Chapter 6: Stars: Birth, Lifetime, and Death; General View; Birth; Evolution and Death; Chapter 7: Extrasolar Planets; Brief History; Methods of Detection; Properties of Exoplanets; Dynamics of Exoplanets; Further Study; Chapter 8: Planetary Systems: Origin and Evolution; Basic Remarks; Prerequisites; Protoplanetary Accretion Disks; Disk Formation: Observations, Scenario, Model; Dust in Disk. Chronology of Disk Evolution and Cosmochemical Constraints Planetary System Formation; Model of Primary Body Formation; Further Evolution; Problem of Angular Momentum Transfer; Planetary System Dynamics; Multiples; The Problems to Be Solved; Chapter 9: Astrobiology: Basic Concepts; Some Historical Highlights; Prerequisites and Constraints; Tentative Models of the Origin of Life; Evolution; Chapter 10: The Structure of the Universe; View of the Universe; Galaxies: Formation and Dynamics; Chapter 11: Cosmology: The Origin and Fate of the Universe; Brief History; Hubble's Law. Evolution and Fate of the Universe Standard Model and Superstring (M) Theory; Main Interactions and Elementary Particles; Standard Model and Symmetry Principles; Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Boson; Grand Unification; Superstring Theory; Modern View of the Universe: The Multiverse and Wormholes; Conclusions; Additional Reading; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 336 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 523.01; Physics; Astrophysics -- Popular works; Cosmology -- Popular works; Astrophysics; Cosmology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Solar system: the Sun & planets; Astronomy; Planetology; Science -- Astronomy; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781461487302; 1461487307
• Related ISBNs: 9781461487296
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 24, 2014).
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