Mratinkovic A. Illustrated Handbook of Astrophysics 2018

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This provides a clear and lucid description of several aspects of astrophysics and cosmology in a simple language to a physicist or beginner in astrophysics.
A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to contemporary cosmology for undergraduate and graduate students.
Astrophysics is the physics of stars and other distant bodies in the universe, but it also hits close to home. According to the Big Bang Theory, the first stars were almost entirely hydrogen. The nuclear fusion process that energizes them smashes together hydrogen atoms to form the heavier element helium. Although we live in a world faced with the many immediate problems of hunger, poverty, energy and global warming, we argue that astronomy has long term benefits that are equally as important to a civilized society. Several studies have told us that investing in science education, research and technology provides a great return — not only economically, but culturally and indirectly for the population in general — and has helped countries to face and overcome crises.
This Illustrated Handbook of Astrophysics touches both fundamental and applied physics, as the postulate of the unalterability of the constants is the foundation for modern metrology