Astrophysics

Download or Read eBook Astrophysics PDF written by James Binney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Astrophysics
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780198752851
ISBN-13 : 0198752857
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Book excerpt: Astrophysics is said to have been born when Isaac Newton saw an apple drop in his orchard and had the electrifying insight that the Moon falls just like that apple. James Binney shows how the application of physical laws derived on Earth allows us to understand objects that exist on the far side of the Universe.


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