Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction

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Sep 04, Suhrob rated it really liked it. The textbook provides a broad overview of extragalactic astrophysics.

None of the topics is covered particularly in depth so it is not a textbook you'd snuggle up with for years exploring the nooks and crannies of your favorite super-remote sub-sub field of a particular very specific specialization within your given micro-field , but serves as a good - and for a brief moment also - a relatively up-to-date overview of the field.

Add a half star if you are particularly interested in weak lensing - this The textbook provides a broad overview of extragalactic astrophysics. Add a half star if you are particularly interested in weak lensing - this topic is given a more detailed treatment. The book is richly illustrated and quite useful reference for the aspiring undergrad, but also higher in our glorious academic hierarchy. In this case I'd say - definitely do buy or get it from library - it is a good, compact reference.

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Problems, even simple ones, allow students to digest the abundant material of the course, and I believe that a larger number would not have been useless, even if it is obvious that teachers can provide them.

In any case, students will appreciate that the solutions are given in an appendix at the end of the book. Two appendixes are devoted to the blackbody radiation and to the properties of the stars. They should help students who did not attend or did not yet complete a specific course on stars and stellar evolution.

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Other appendices include the list of acronyms, a bibliography and a detailed index. In the bibliography there is a list of general and technical textbooks, as well as a description of the main sites where the student can access the technical literature, but not a list of articles. Given the vast range of topics covered by the book, this is an unavoidable choice.

In conclusion, I think that Peter Schneider has found the right balance between completeness, depth, difficulty and length, and from this point of view is presently the best textbook on the subject I am aware of. It offers a wide, exhaustive and uptodate introduction to extragalactic astronomy and cosmology at a mathematical level which is simple but sufficient to go beyond pure notions.

After having assimilated its content, I think that the students will have a good basis to start reading and understanding the technical literature. Therefore, Schneider's textbook can be strongly recommended for any introductory course; moreover, it will be also useful to a wider number of readers astronomers working in other fields or physicists who are interested in the subject.

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