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20089229 |
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OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20201112112954.0 |
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171024s2018 enka b 001 0 eng d |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBB864913 |
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bnb |
| 016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
018827714 |
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Uk |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780198816461 (hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)on1019652517 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ERASA |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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ERASA |
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rda |
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YDX |
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BDX |
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YDX |
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OCLCF |
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MNW |
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OCLCO |
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UKMGB |
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ERD |
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UPM |
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DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
lccopycat |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
523.01 SAH |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Saha, P. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Prasenjit), |
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author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Astronomers' magic envelope : |
| Remainder of title |
an introduction to astrophysics emphasizing general principles and orders of magnitude / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Prasenjit Saha (University of Zurich), Paul A. Taylor (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences). |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Oxford ; |
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New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Oxford University Press |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2018. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 121 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
GBP 39.99/-<br/>TRP40/22 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Orbits -- Celestial mechanics -- Schwarzschild's spacetime -- Interlude: quantum ideal gases -- Gravity versus pressure -- Nuclear fusion in stars -- The main sequence of stars -- The expanding universe -- The cosmic microwave background -- Appendix A. Rotations in three dimensions -- Appendix B. Hamiltonians -- Appendix C. Moving from Newtonian to relativistic frameworks -- Appendix D. Working with Planckian units. |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good 'back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result. This book guides students on how to understand astrophysics using general principles and concise calculations, endeavoring to be elegant where possible and using short computer programs where necessary. The material proceeds in approximate historical order. The book begins with the Enlightenment-era insight that the orbits of the planets is easy, but the orbit of the Moon is a real headache, and continues to deterministic chaos. This is followed by a chapter on spacetime and black holes. Four chapters reveal how microphysics, especially quantum mechanics, allow us to understand how stars work. The last two chapters are about cosmology, bringing us to 21st-century developments on the microwave background and gravitational waves.-- |
| Assigning source |
Source other than Library of Congress. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Astrophysics. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Astrophysics. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00819797 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Taylor, Paul A., |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
