{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-the-study-of-stellar-structure-paperback","title":"An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. Chandrasekhar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this monograph a leading modern astrophysicist explores a problem basic to stellar dynamics: What is the relationship between loss of energy, mass, and radius of stars in the steady state?\u003cbr\u003eThe monograph is divided into two distinct parts. In chapters i-iv, Chandrasekhar presents the classical background necessary to his argument: the laws of thermodynamics (from Carathéodory's rigorous axiomatic standpoint), adiabatic and polytropic laws, and the work of Ritter, Emden, Kelvin, and others who developed the applied mathematics of stellar structure. Chapters v-xii discuss modern results: the formal theory of radiation, the equations of radiative equilibrium, the luminosity formula, the theory of stellar envelopes, Gibbs statistical mechanics (the quantum mechanical version), white dwarfs, etc. The closing chapter outlines some general trends in current investigations of the problem.\u003cbr\u003eAppendixes cover physical and astronomical constants; the masses of light atoms; the masses, luminosities, and radii of the stars, derived hydrogen contents, central densities and central temperatures, and tables of white dwarf functions.\u003cbr\u003eExtremely interesting. It reaches the highest level of scientific merit. -- \u003ci\u003eBulletin, American Mathematical Society.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: A Shining Star \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe great Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars, was not only the author of several books reprinted by Dover over many years, but a frequent and highly valued reviewer of titles in his field during the 1970s and 1980s. Chandrasekhar's books, published by Dover, are: \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure, \u003c\/i\u003e 1967; \u003ci\u003eHydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability, \u003c\/i\u003e 1981; \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Stellar Dynamics, \u003c\/i\u003e 2005; \u003ci\u003eEllipsoidal Figures of Equilibrium, \u003c\/i\u003e 1987; and \u003ci\u003eRadiative Transfer, \u003c\/i\u003e 1960. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those concerned with the distant future ― the really distant future ― Chandrasekhar's name will always be associated with the Chandrasekhar Limit, the figure of 1.44 solar masses, the minimal mass above which a dying star will collapse into a black hole following a supernova. People on Earth need not be bothered anticipating such drama: for us, when the sun dies, the lights will just go out. In astrophysical terms, our sun will at that point be a stable white dwarf. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim for Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: \u003cbr\u003eAny new fact or insight that I may have found has not seemed to me as a 'discovery' of mine, but rather something that had always been there and that I had chanced to pick up. I discovered true mathematical elegance from Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. ― Carl Sagan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.04 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756223168800,"sku":"9780486604138","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d57cb564600f095d98901dc8ef12081.webp?v=1780076765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-study-of-stellar-structure-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}