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Fleisch & Kregenow "The Mathematics of Astronomy"


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I got about halfway through this before taking up the edX class from EPFL (see topic here). The work was engaging. The explanations are clear, concise, and helpful. The book is supported by a website which supplies all of the problems worked out as well as recorded lectures. I had three college classes in astronomy (long ago) and I have done a fair bit of teaching in business, industry, and hobbies. I did demonstrations in chemistry and physics for a year for the Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) Hands-On Museum.  Before that I taught technical writing at my community college.) So, I really looked hard at their text and I was impressed.  

The Mathematics of Astronomy by Daniel Fleisch and Julia Kregenow, Cambridge University Press, 2013. 

  • Fundamentals: Units, conversions, scientific notation.
  • Gravity: Kepler, Newton.
  • Light: spectrum, radiation, Doppler shift, radial velocity.
  • Parallax: angular size, angular resolution.
  • Stars: stellar parallax, luminosity, H-R Diagram.
  • Black Holes: density, escape speed, expansion of the Universe.

 

Math of Astro (cover) copy.jpeg

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