本书全面深入地介绍了恒星物理的主要内容，包括恒星内部结构和演化，恒星振动以及恒星大气理论。阐述了恒星物理各个领域的内容，同时还注重介绍了如何进行恒星结构和演化模型，恒星振动模型，恒星大气模型以及谱线形成模型的计算方法。

The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.
But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.
While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.

本书作者是世界著名物理学家、天体物理学家和宇宙大爆炸学说的先驱。他在书中详细回忆了童年和青年时代，追述了他在苏联的学习生活和到德国、丹麦、英国去留学的情景，以及他怎样从一名红军炮兵上校到美国大学教授的经历。

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