Unique in its breadth of coverage and level of presentation, this textbook provides more on the nature of galaxies, extragalactic objects, the large-scale structure of the Universe, and cosmology than is available in general textbooks on astronomy. It remains, however, accessible to advanced undergraduate students. One or more chapters are devoted to each of the following: the classification and morphology of galaxies; the galactic interstellar medium; galactic kinematics; elliptical, spiral, and barred spiral galaxies; the interactions between galaxies; extragalactic radio sources, quasars and their line spectra, and other active galactic nuclei; the formation of galaxies; the Universe as a whole; and cosmology.
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"This book is an excellent description and introduction to the today's understanding of the galaxies and cosmology, giving not only some facts but also showing all the backgrounds."
Reviews of Astronomical Tools, 1995
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978-3-662-03190-2 (9783662031902)
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10.1007/978-3-662-03190-2
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