Astrophysical Techniques
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Author(s): C. R. Kitchin
Publisher: Institute of Physics
ISBN: 0 7503 0498 7
Format: softback
475pp
Price: £19.95
Review Date: 23 May 2000
Review: This book provides a comprehensive and clearly understandable account of the instruments and techniques used in astronomy and astrophysics. Drawing together an ever-diverging array of observational techniques, using the common thread of a detection-imaging-ancillary instruments pattern, this book provides a unified view of the astrophysical investigation. This text starts from first principles and explains each method up to the point at which the reader can begin practical work with the equipment and even start designing it. Exercises with answers are used to reinforce the ideas presented in each chapter.