Introduction to Astrophysics: The Stars (Dover Books on Physics) by Jean Dufay | (PDF) Free Download

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A bridge between introductory and advanced technical treatments, this readable and authoritative translation from the French provides an excellent guide to observational astrophysics. Physics students and professionals will appreciate the text’s mid-level approach, in which methods of research and observation receive as much attention as results.Confining his discussion to normal stars, the author examines current methods of stellar photometry and spectroscopy and the main results of research involving star classification and properties. Additional topics include construction of Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams, Yerkes two-dimensional classification, masses and densities of stars, general theories about the constitution of stellar atmospheres and the evolution of stars, and much more. Indispensable for specialists, this volume is also a fine resource for hobbyists and others with some grounding in astronomy wishing to further explore the intricacies of astrophysics.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author French astronomer Jean Dufay (1896–1967) computed the altitude of the earth’s ozone layer and was named Honorary Director of the Lyon and Haute-Provence observatories.Translator Owen Gingerich is a former Research Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science at Harvard University.

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⭐Great introduction to Astrophysics

⭐After reading a few chapters, I realized this was not the book I wanted, although it was very informative. At least the first few chapters were devoted to technology available at the time the book was written. This book is probably great for an instructor who wants to give an overview of how astrophysicists coped with the information obtained by less sophisticated technology.I can liken this to the transition that took place in the technology employed in the clinical laboratory science between 1925 and the present. Every few years there were advances in lab equipment. Amazing new technologies has replaced the cumbersome flame photometer and single channel chemical analyzers of the 1960s. Automated hematology analyzers have replaced red blood cell count using a microscope and a hemocytometer. Chemistry panels can analyze two or three dozen constituents of the same sample nearly instantaneously once the specimen is sampled.Similar technological advances have taken place in observatories. Sophisticated, computer assisted equipment can do much more with whatever is being observed than could have been done in 1965.The reason the book would be useful to the current astrophysics instructor is to give students understanding of the underlying principles of state-of-the-art equipment. They need to know how they results they get from current equipment was gotten. It will help them to know when something is going wrong and how to troubleshoot.Yes, the book contains many mathematical equations, some of which need to show more minutely how they were derived so the student can understand where the final equations came from. Maybe the author expected readers to know that kind of information prior to reading his book. If this is the case, Dufay did not intend his book to be an introduction to astrophysics any more than Roberts and Caserio meant Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry to be an introduction to organic chemistry.Seeing the reviews on Francis LeBlanc’s An Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, no doubt it would be more useful to me.

⭐For anyone interested in stellar astrophysics, this book gives a very thorough theoretical and practical background in a reasonably short space. It’s also written in plain English (which is nice) but doesn’t shy away from the math. It’s a ‘crossover’ book that tries to be as useful as a text book but as interesting as a popular science book and I think it succeeds, although I will say it never ‘tries too hard’ like some PopSci books, and it’s a very information-heavy read.I personally appreciated the Yerkes Classification section, which I had heard about but was nowhere in my astronomy textbook from school.If you would like to know more about stars and how they work (and how we know how they work), I highly recommend this book.p.s. For a more history-rich overview of the subject, check out

⭐A good introductory book but it was published in 1967! We have a lot more information now and I would recommend getting a more recent book depending on how deep into the material you want to get

⭐A serious technical text, not for those with only a lay interest in the subject. It is also a classic text, but line Eddington’s classic “..Constitution of the Stars..” is technically correct, and still highly useful for those interested in how to do astrophysical research.

⭐It is plain, simple, unvarnished information. Most importantly this book is up to date. In 1969 I needed a book on astrophysics–it cost $1,500.00, and was outdated in six months. The author used very old data. That was a very expensive gamble. This book, however, is very much up to date, very inexpensive and fairly short. You won’t go wrong with this one.

⭐The book give usefull picture in simple math the only problem in the book are the illustrations not so clear and understable

⭐It’s pretty plodding and not particularly mathematically elegant. The author does little to stimulate any excitement into what should be an extraordinary exciting field. It’s more like a collection of obscure experimental observations. I don’t think it does a good job of preparing you for a graduate course in Astrophysics. It’s fairly out of date.

⭐Great book

⭐If you are a beginner then it will be a little hard to understand this book. Because this book deals with some advanced physics things so you need to first know about them otherwise you will not enjoy it. But if you are interested in physics and in the laws that governs this universe then go for it … You will surely enjoy it.

⭐great book

⭐Very useful for me as I am interested in astrophysics. But it is not suitable for a layman

⭐Nice book….to start with….

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