Title Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics Author(s) Souchay, Jean;Mathis, St??phane;Tokieda, Tadashi Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. Description XII, 375 p. 138 illus., 60 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note Based on the lecture notes of a school titled ???Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics??? that brought together students and researchers, this book focuses on the fundamental theories of tides at different scales of the universe???from tiny satellites to whole galaxies???and on the most recent developments. It also attempts to place the study of tides in a historical perspective.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Starting with a general tutorial on tides, the theme of tides is approached in 9 chapters from many directions. They allow non-experts to pick up a physical intuition and a sense of orders of magnitude in the theory of tides. These carefully prepared lecture notes by leaders in the field include many illustrative figures and drawings. Some even offer a variety of simple back-of the-envelope problems ISBN,Price 9783642329616 Keyword(s) 1. ASTROPHYSICS 2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles 3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. GRAVITATION 7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics 8. PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I06994     On Shelf