Overview
- A thorough introduction to the fundamental theories of tides in astronomical objects and on the Earth
- Places the study of tides in a historical perspective
- Based on course-tested lecture notes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 861)
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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.
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Editors: Jean Souchay, Stéphane Mathis, Tadashi Tokieda
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32961-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32960-9Published: 14 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32961-6Published: 14 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 375
Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics