Astrophysical Hydrodynamics An Introduction

This latest edition of the proven and comprehensive treatment on the topic-from the bestselling author of Tapestry of Modern Astrophysics-has been updated and revised to reflect the newest research results. Suitable for AS0000 and AS0200 courses, as well as advanced astrophysics and astronomy lectures, this is an indispensable theoretical backup for studies on celestial body formation and astrophysics. Includes exercises with solutions.

STEVEN N. SHORE is Professor of Astrophysics at the
University of Pisa. Prior positions included Indiana
University South Bend, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and Case
Western Reserve University, and he has held many invited
professorships in Europe and the United States. He is a
scientific editor of {\it Astronomy and Astrophysics},
since 2003, and from 1996 to 2003 was a scientific editor
of The Astrophysical Journal, and has been a
consulting editor of The Skeptical Inquirer. He is
the author of The Tapestry of Modern Astrophysics
(Wiley), and Interacting Binary Stars: Saas Fee
Shore has been honored with awards from NASA for
work on Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, by Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, and the American Astronomical Society for the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship.