@article{1454314,
      recid = {1454314},
      author = {Hanslmeier, Arnold,},
      title = {Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Berlin :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 680 pages) :},
      year = {2023},
      abstract = {This textbook provides the basic theoretical and practical  knowledge of astronomy and astrophysics. It provides an  overview from classical astronomy and observational methods  to solar physics and astrophysics of stars and galaxies. It  concludes with chapters on cosmology, astrobiology, and  mathematical and numerical methods. Numerous color  illustrations, examples of calculations, and exercises with  solutions make this work a useful companion to  undergraduate astronomy lectures. The book is suitable for  students of physics and astronomy at teacher training level  or in the Bachelor's degree - but also people interested in  natural sciences with appropriate basic knowledge of  mathematics and physics will find here an appealing  introduction to the subject. This fourth edition has been  updated and revised with respect to the latest developments  in astronomy. The chapter on mathematical methods has been  redesigned and the software used is now exclusively Python.  Contents: Spherical Astronomy - History of Astronomy -  Celestial Mechanics - Astronomical Instruments - Physics of  Solar System Bodies - The Sun - State Variables of Stars -  Stellar Atmospheres - Stellar Structure - Stellar Evolution  - Interstellar Matter - The Galaxy - Extragalactic Systems  - Cosmology - Astrobiology - Mathematical Methods This book  is a translation of the original German 4th edition  Einfuhrung in Astronomie und Astrophysik by Arnold  Hanslmeier, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part  of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with  the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by  the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was  done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will  read stylistically differently from a conventional  translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further  the development of tools for the production of books and on  the related technologies to support the authors. The Author  Prof. Arnold Hanslmeier is an astrophysicist at the  Institute of Physics at the University of Graz. In addition  to more than 400 scientific publications and several  specialized books, he also devotes himself with great  pleasure to the comprehensible dissemination of the  fascinating findings of modern astrophysics. He lectures at  the University of Graz and is a visiting professor at the  Universities of Vienna, Innsbruck, Toulouse, La Laguna,  Tenerife and the Kiepenheuer Institute in Freiburg. Due to  his special didactic abilities to present complicated  things in a simple and vivid way, he is a much sought-after  speaker internationally.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1454314},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64637-3},
}