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The internal constitution of the stars / by Arthur S. Eddington ; with a new foreword by S. Chandrasekhar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge science classicsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511600005 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 523.8/6 19
LOC classification:
  • QB875 .E33 1988
Online resources:
Contents:
I. Survey of the Problem 1 -- II. Thermodynamics of Radiation 27 -- III. Quantum Theory 44 -- IV. Polytropic Gas Spheres 79 -- V. Radiative Equilibrium 97 -- VI. Solution of the Equations 114 -- VII. The Mass-Luminosity Relation 145 -- VIII. Variable Stars 180 -- IX. The Coefficient of Opacity 216 -- X. Ionisation, Diffusion, Rotation 250 -- XI. The Source of Stellar Energy 289 -- XII. The Outside of a Star 321 -- XIII. Diffuse Matter in Space 371.
Summary: The publication of The Internal Constitution of the Stars by Arthur Eddington in 1926 was a major landmark in the development of modern theoretical astrophysics. Not only did Eddington effectively create the discipline of the structure, constitution, and the evolution of the stars, but he also recognised and established the basic elements of our present understanding of the subject. The influence of the book is indicated by the remark by H. N. Russell in 1945: 'This volume has every claim to be regarded as a masterpiece of the first rank'.
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I. Survey of the Problem 1 -- II. Thermodynamics of Radiation 27 -- III. Quantum Theory 44 -- IV. Polytropic Gas Spheres 79 -- V. Radiative Equilibrium 97 -- VI. Solution of the Equations 114 -- VII. The Mass-Luminosity Relation 145 -- VIII. Variable Stars 180 -- IX. The Coefficient of Opacity 216 -- X. Ionisation, Diffusion, Rotation 250 -- XI. The Source of Stellar Energy 289 -- XII. The Outside of a Star 321 -- XIII. Diffuse Matter in Space 371.

The publication of The Internal Constitution of the Stars by Arthur Eddington in 1926 was a major landmark in the development of modern theoretical astrophysics. Not only did Eddington effectively create the discipline of the structure, constitution, and the evolution of the stars, but he also recognised and established the basic elements of our present understanding of the subject. The influence of the book is indicated by the remark by H. N. Russell in 1945: 'This volume has every claim to be regarded as a masterpiece of the first rank'.

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