Astrophysics for Dummies

• Verfasst von: Phillips, Cynthia [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Priwer, Shana [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Astrophysics for Dummies
• Verf.angabe: by Cynthia Phillips, PhD and Shana Priwer
• Verlagsort: Hoboken, NJ
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 377 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: ... For Dummies
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-394-23506-3
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• K10plus-PPN: 1881518906
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
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Abstract

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Astrophysics -- Chapter 1 Welcome to the Universe -- The Science of Astrophysics -- The start of astronomy -- A beautiful connection: Physics, astronomy, and astrophysics -- Let there be light! The electromagnetic spectrum -- Making waves -- Tools of the Trade -- The nitty-gritty of telescopes and astronomical instruments -- Viewing from above: Space-based telescopes -- Stars, Galaxies, and Their Cosmological Friends -- Chapter 2 The A to Z of Physics -- Building Blocks of the Universe: Particles -- The big three: Protons, neutrons, and electrons -- Elements and molecules -- (It's) elementary, particles -- Light it up with photons -- What Matters About Matter? -- The water we drink and the air we breathe, or elements and molecules -- It's all a state of mind with states of matter -- But sometimes it just doesn't (anti) matter -- Let the Force(s) Be With You -- Getting heavy with gravity -- Thank Maxwell for the electromagnetic force -- Strong and weak nuclear forces -- Store It or Use It, But Don't Waste Energy -- Fall faster into kinetic and potential energy -- Transferring thermal energy with conduction, convection, and radiation -- More than the eye can see: The electromagnetic spectrum -- Light's unending flexibility as both wave and particle -- It's the Law! (of Physics) -- Newton's laws of motion -- Step it up with velocity, acceleration, and momentum -- Having a conversation about conservation -- Einstein and the mass energy equivalence -- Heat and Energy Unite with Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics -- Learn the laws of thermodynamics -- Truly being one with the environment: Blackbody radiation.