Plasma Astrophysics, Part I, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006 Fundamentals and Practice Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series, Vol. 340
Auteur : Somov Boris V.
This well-illustrated monograph is devoted to classic fundamentals, current practice, and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The level of the book is designed mainly for professional researchers in astrophysics. The book will also be interesting and useful to graduate students in space sciences, geophysics, as well as to advanced students in applied physics and mathematics seeking a unified view of plasma physics and fluid mechanics.
Boris Somov is a professor at the Moscow State University, laureate of the State Prize of the former USSR (the Honour Prize of the USSR Government), and laureate of the IBC Award ‘2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century’ in honour of his contribution to space physics.
Three well-known monographs "Physical Processes in Solar Flares", "Fundamental of Cosmic Electrodynamics", and "Cosmic Plasma Physics" by Boris Somov were published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1992, 1994 and 2000. He has contributed more than 170 articles to the scientific literature in solar physics and plasma astrophysics.
In the book, brief historical remarks demonstrate that the outstanding discoveries
in cosmic physics were by no means governed by chance
Distinguishing feature of the proposed book is the consecutive consideration of physical principles, starting from the most general ones (the first principles), and of the simplifying assumptions which give us more and more simpler descriptions of plasma under cosmic conditions
Date de parution : 11-2010
Ouvrage de 444 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 10-2006
Ouvrage de 464 p.