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.
Particle Astrophysics with Gamma-Ray Telescopes
1st Edition
By Andrea Albert
June 05, 2026
Gamma-ray astrophysics combines the exciting fields of Particle Physics and Astronomy. We get to study particle interactions in space! Using the Universe as our laboratory, we are able to study fundamental physics in extreme environments unavailable in labs on Earth. This book summarizes the ...
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. ...
Astrobiology: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Alan Longstaff
March 31, 2021
Astrobiology is a multidisciplinary pursuit that in various guises encompasses astronomy, chemistry, planetary and Earth sciences, and biology. It relies on mathematical, statistical, and computer modeling for theory, and space science, engineering, and computing to implement observational and ...
Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy: Astrophysics
1st Edition
By Ronald L. Snell, Stanley Kurtz, Jonathan Marr
March 31, 2021
As demonstrated by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy has contributed greatly to our understanding of the Universe. Courses covering this subject are, therefore, very important in the education of the next generation of scientists who will continue to explore the Cosmos.This textbook, ...
Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy: Observational Methods and Astrophysics - Two Volume Set
1st Edition
By Jonathan Marr, Ronald L. Snell, Stanley E. Kurtz
March 31, 2021
As demonstrated by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy has contributed greatly to our understanding of the Universe. Yet for too long, there has been no comprehensive textbook on radio astronomy for undergraduate students.This two-volume set of introductory textbooks is exclusively ...
Cosmology
1st Edition
By Nicola Vittorio
June 30, 2020
Modern cosmology has changed significantly over the years, from the discovery to the precision measurement era. The data now available provide a wealth of information, mostly consistent with a model where dark matter and dark energy are in a rough proportion of 3:7. The time is right for a fresh ...
Cosmology and the Early Universe
1st Edition
By Pasquale Di Bari
June 30, 2020
This book discusses cosmology from both an observational and a strong theoretical perspective. The first part focuses on gravitation, notably the expansion of the universe and determination of cosmological parameters, before moving onto the main emphasis of the book, the physics of the early ...