
News | 11.28.2012
Astrometry for Astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications by William F. van Altena , Yale Professor Emeritus
Astrometry for Astrophysics: Methods, Models and Applications is intended to fill a serious gap in texts available to advanced undergraduates, beginning graduate students and researchers in related fields to introduce them to the science of Astrometry. Several excellent books have been written in recent years that deal with the subject, however they are written at a level suitable for a researcher in Astrometry. What has been lacking to date is an introductory text designed to attract students to the field that might not otherwise be prepared to undertake the study of Astrometry at an advanced level...
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