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The Analysis of Emission Lines

The Analysis of Emission Lines( )
Editor: Williams, Robert
Livio, Mario
Series title:Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Ser.
ISBN:978-0-511-60018-0
Publication Date:Nov 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Digital download and online
List Price:USD $165.00
Book Description:

What can emission lines tell us about an astrophysical object? International experts gathered at a workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute to address just this question for a host of objects across a broad range of wavelengths. Their review articles are presented here as an edited and coherent overview of the latest technical data, techniques and applications. They provide an excellent introduction for graduate students and reference for professionals.

Author Biography
(Editor)
Mario Livio was born in 1945 in Romania. When he was 5 years old, he immigrated with his grandparents to Israel. He received undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a M.Sc. degree in theoretical particle physics at the Weizmann Institute, and a Ph.D. in theoretical astrophysics at Tel-Aviv University. He was a professor of physics at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology from 1981 until 1991. He is a senior astrophysicist at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute.

He has published over 400 scientific papers. He has also written several books including The Accelerating Universe, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved, Is God a Mathematician?, and Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe. The Golden Ratio received the International Pythagoras Prize and the Peano Prize.

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