Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) |
 | Authors: D. R. Lorimer, M. Kramer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 312
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0521828236
Dewey Decimal Number: 523.8874
EAN: 9780521828239
ASIN: 0521828236
Publication Date: December 27, 2004
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Product Description
Radio pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars. This comprehensive book brings together key observational techniques, background information and a review of the latest results, including the recent discovery of a double pulsar system. Useful software tools are provided to analyze example data, made available on a related website. The work will be of great value to graduate students and researchers wishing to carry out and interpret a wide variety of radio pulsar observations.
Book Description
Radio pulsars are rapidly rotating highly magnetized neutron stars. This comprehensive book is a unique resource that brings together the key observational techniques, background information and a review of the latest results, including the recent discovery of a double pulsar system. Useful software tools are provided which can be used to analyse example data, made available on a related website. This work will be of great value not only to graduate students but also to researchers wishing to carry out and interpret a wide variety of radio pulsar observations.
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tight integration of book and website March 30, 2005
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The coolest aspect of the book is its tight integration with the associated website that has scads of observational data. Along with various software that lets you analyse the data for yourself. Any of you in research who've had to write software should appreciate the amount of effort that has gone into the coding of that software.
The book also provides you with a very recent (2004) assessment of the best current understanding of pulsars. With many references to the original research papers.
But the combination of text and website is a harbinger of future astronomy books, as volumes of data keep increasing. Traditional texts gave you no such access.
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