Principles of Astrophysics: Using Gravity and Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

Keeton, Charles

ISBN 10: 1461492351 / ISBN 13: 9781461492351

Published by Springer, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Astrophysics: Using Gravity and Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461492351
• ISBN 13: 9781461492351
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Based on a series of award-winning lectures, this physics-oriented analysis of astronomical systems will appeal to students both of physics and engineering. It derives the fundamentals of gravity and the formation of the universe from physical principles.

About the Author

Charles Keeton earned a B.A. in Physics (summa cum laude) from Cornell University in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University in 1998. He held the Bart J. Bok Fellowship at the University of Arizona and a NASA Hubble Fellowship at the University of Chicago before joining the faculty of Rutgers University in 2004. Keeton has published 89 refereed journal articles in major international astronomy journals. He has received the following awards:
2007: Rutgers Society of Physics Students, Outstanding Teacher Award
2010: White House, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2010: Rutgers University, Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
2010: Rutgers University, Board of Trustees Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence
In 2011, Keeton was named Faculty Director of the Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates at Rutgers University.