Donald D. Clayton's Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis remains the standard work on the subject, a popular textbook for students in astronomy and astrophysics and a rich sourcebook for researchers. The basic principles of physics as they apply to the origin and evolution of stars and physical processes of the stellar interior are thoroughly and systematically set out. Clayton's new preface, which includes commentary and selected references to the recent literature, reviews the most important research carried out since the book's original publication in 1968.
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Donald D. Clayton is professor of astrophysics at Clemson University.
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A standard introductory textbook of nuclear astrophysics written by a real expert in a superb style. It has taught nuclear astrophysics to most of us and will teach many more. I keep refering to it all the time. It is my favorite. I warmly recommend it.
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A standard reference on stellar structure and evolution,
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"Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis" is a standard work on stellar structure and evolution. It is clearly written and approachable even by a senior undergraduate. It is a "must" for anyone seriously interested in stellar astrophysics.
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Classic text and essential primer for understanding stellar evolution and nuclear astrophysics. This was a required supplementary text for my upper division undergraduate course, but can be used in for a graduate course as well. Clayton provides some good, worked-out example problems with hints and the solution provided in the text. Arriving at the given solution still provides a challenge to the student. There are no end of chapter problems, so if you are a professor looking for a text with homework problems you may want to use another text as your primary. However, if your ultimate goal is that your students understand the material, this text should at least be on your 'recommended reading' list.
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Over the course of the years man's wonderings about the stars have grown and crystallized into a physical theory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photodisintegration rearrangement, perfect electron gas, neutrino power, continuous nucleosynthesis, photodisintegration rate, nonresonant reaction rates, completely degenerate gas, nondegenerate gas, coulomb pressure, kev barns, nuclear cosmochronology, extinct radioactivities, thermonuclear reaction rates, conductive opacity, sudden synthesis, astrophysical circumstances, nuclear systematics, nuclear statistical equilibrium, hydrogen ionization zone, imploded core, quasistatic changes, dominant nucleus, neutrino losses, galactic nucleosynthesis, surface convection zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Dover Publications, Academic Press Inc, Physics of the Nucleus, John Wiley, Los Alamos, Book Company, Plenum Press, The Internal Constitution of the Stars, Yale Lecture Notes, Astrophysical Quantities, Exploration of the Universe, Space Studies Rept, Star Evolution, Stellar Physics, Table of Fermi-Dirac, The Macmillan Company, University of London Press New!
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Over the course of the years man's wonderings about the stars have grown and crystallized into a physical theory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photodisintegration rearrangement, perfect electron gas, neutrino power, continuous nucleosynthesis, photodisintegration rate, nonresonant reaction rates, completely degenerate gas, nondegenerate gas, coulomb pressure, kev barns, nuclear cosmochronology, extinct radioactivities, thermonuclear reaction rates, conductive opacity, sudden synthesis, astrophysical circumstances, nuclear systematics, nuclear statistical equilibrium, hydrogen ionization zone, imploded core, quasistatic changes, dominant nucleus, neutrino losses, galactic nucleosynthesis, surface convection zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Dover Publications, Academic Press Inc, Physics of the Nucleus, John Wiley, Los Alamos, Book Company, Plenum Press, The Internal Constitution of the Stars, Yale Lecture Notes, Astrophysical Quantities, Exploration of the Universe, Space Studies Rept, Star Evolution, Stellar Physics, Table of Fermi-Dirac, The Macmillan Company, University of London Press New!
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- An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure (Dover Books on Astronomy) by S. Chandrasekhar on 7 pages
- The Internal Constitution of the Stars (Cambridge Science Classics) by Arthur S. Eddington on 4 pages
- Essays in Nuclear Astrophysics by Charles A. Barnes on 4 pages
- Astrophysical Quantities by Arthur N. Cox on page 10, page 48, and page 49
- Introduction to Modern Physics by Floyd Karker Richtmyer on page 116, and page 201
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- Stellar Interiors - Physical Principles, Structure, and Evolution by Carl J. Hansen on 6 pages
- An Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure and Evolution by Dina Prialnik on page 59, page 69, and Back Matter
- Neutrino Astrophysics by John N. Bahcall on page 54, page 76, and Back Matter
- Advanced Astrophysics (Cambridge Planetary Science) by Neb Duric on page 93, page 121, and page 163
- Nuclear and Radiochemistry by G. Friedlander on page 507, page 513, and page 515
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