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    Galaxies in the Universe: an Introduction
    L.S. Sparke & J.S. Gallagher, III
    Cambridge University Press, 2000; second edition 2007

    Everything you might have wanted to know about galaxies, but had the good sense not to ask...

    This book is a `with-calculus' introduction, aimed primarily at third- and fourth-year undergraduate students of astronomy or physics, who have taken the first year or two of university-level physics. Graduate students and research workers in related areas may also find it useful as an introduction to the field. Some background knowledge of astronomy would be helpful, but we have tried to summarize the necessary facts and ideas in our introductory chapter.

    Second Edition

    Published February 2007 (USA), March 2007 (UK).
    Cambridge University Press pages for this book: for USA and UK

  • Table of Contents for the second edition (new material is highlighted)

  • Low-resolution versions of the figures suitable for powerpoint presentation.

  • Errata for the second edition

    First Edition

    Cambridge University Press pages for this book: for USA and UK

  • Table of Contents

  • Errata for the first edition

    What people have said about this book:

    '...the students complained less about your book than almost anyone else's.' -- Prof. Michael Merrifield, U. of Nottingham, UK

    '... my copies keep walking away because students like them. I get it back most of the time but not all, and it has gone missing again.' -- Prof. Stephen E. Zepf, Michigan State University

    'The authors should have retained their working title: "Galaxies for Geeks"' -- Dr. Jennifer Hoffman, U. of California-Berkeley

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