Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics
About the Book Series
This series includes books on all aspects of theoretical and experimental astronomy and astrophysics. Books in the series range in level from textbooks and handbooks to more advanced expositions of current research.
If you are interested in writing or editing a book for the series, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Rebecca Davies, Editor for Physics books, at [email protected], or contact any of the Series Editors: Mark Birkinshaw at [email protected], Jo Silk at [email protected], and Gary Fuller at [email protected]. Proposal guidelines can be accessed at http://www.crcpress.com/resources/authors.
General Relativity: Analytic and Symbolic Problems with Mathematica
1st Edition
By Nicola Vittorio
July 08, 2025
This book provides General Relativity problems to be tackled both analytically and symbolically-numerically with the Mathematica software. In the first case, the reader is guided in setting up the appropriate solutions. In the second case, the reader is provided with very illustrative notebooks to ...
Applications of Big Data and Machine Learning in Galaxy Formation and Evolution
1st Edition
By Tsutomu T. Takeuchi
April 28, 2025
As investigations into our Universe become more complex, in-depth, and widespread, galaxy surveys are requiring state-of-the-art data scientific methods to analyze them. This book provides a practical introduction to big data in galaxy formation and evolution, introducing the astrophysical basics, ...
A Guide to Close Binary Systems
1st Edition
By Edwin Budding, Osman Demircan
May 27, 2024
Introduction to Close Binary Systems provides a comprehensive survey and guide to the fast-moving field of multiple, specifically binary, stars, with an up to date account of research around 'close', i.e. interacting pairs. Such interactions allow direct quantification of stellar properties, ...
Physical Principles of Astronomical Instrumentation
1st Edition
By Peter A. R. Ade, Matthew J. Griffin, Carole E. Tucker
January 29, 2024
Offering practical advice on a range of wavelengths, this highly accessible and self-contained book presents a broad overview of astronomical instrumentation, techniques, and tools. Drawing on the notes and lessons of the authors’ established graduate course, the text reviews basic concepts in ...
An Overview of General Relativity and Space-Time
1st Edition
By Nicola Vittorio
December 29, 2022
This textbook equips Masters’ students studying Physics and Astronomy with the necessary mathematical tools to understand the basics of General Relativity and its applications. It begins by reviewing classical mechanics with a more geometrically oriented language, continues with Special Relativity ...
Introduction to Cosmic Inflation and Dark Energy
1st Edition
By Konstantinos Dimopoulos
May 30, 2022
Cosmic inflation and dark energy hold the key to the origin and the eventual fate of the Universe. Despite the increasing prominence of these subjects in research and teaching over the past decade or more, no introductory textbook dedicated to these topics has been previously published. Dr. ...
The Physics of Interstellar Dust
1st Edition
By Endrik Krugel
January 07, 2019
Interstellar dust grains catalyse chemical reactions, absorb, scatter, polarise and re-radiate starlight and constitute the building blocks for the formation of planets. Understanding this interstellar component is therefore of primary importance in many areas of astronomy & astrophysics. For ...
Numerical Methods in Astrophysics: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Peter Bodenheimer, Peter Bodenheimer, Gregory P. Laughlin, Gregory P. Laughlin, Michal Rozyczka, Tomasz Plewa, Harold. W Yorke, Michal Rozyczka, Harold W. Yorke
December 13, 2006
Numerical Methods in Astrophysics: An Introduction outlines various fundamental numerical methods that can solve gravitational dynamics, hydrodynamics, and radiation transport equations. This resource indicates which methods are most suitable for particular problems, demonstrates what the accuracy ...
Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
1st Edition
By T.C. Weekes
April 08, 2003
High energy gamma-ray photons are the prime probes of the relativistic or high-energy universe, populated by black holes, neutron stars, supernovae, quasars, and matter-antimatter annihilations. Through studying the gamma-ray sky, astrophysicists are able to better understand the formation and ...
Dark Sky, Dark Matter
1st Edition
By J.M Overduin, P.S Wesson
September 01, 2002
Olbers' paradox states that given the Universe is unbounded, governed by the standard laws of physics, and populated by light sources, the night sky should be ablaze with light. Obviously this is not so. However, the paradox does not lie in nature but in our understanding of physics. A Universe ...
An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology
1st Edition
By Derek Raine, E.G. Thomas
August 01, 2001
A thorough introduction to modern ideas on cosmology and on the physical basis of the general theory of relativity, An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology explores various theories and ideas in big bang cosmology, providing insight into current problems. Assuming no previous knowledge of ...
The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System
1st Edition
By Michael M. Woolfson
January 01, 2000
The origin of the solar system has been a matter of speculation for many centuries, and since the time of Newton it has been possible to apply scientific principles to the problem. A succession of theories, starting with that of Pierre Laplace in 1796, has gained general acceptance, only to fall ...