TY - BOOK AU - Maoz,Dan TI - Astrophysics in a nutshell SN - 9780691164793 (alk. paper) U1 - 523.01 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Princeton : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Astrophysics N1 - Includes index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Stars : basic observations -- 3. Stellar physics -- 4. Stellar evolution and stellar remnants -- 5. Star formation and the interstellar medium -- 6. Extrasolar planets -- 7. Milky Way and other galaxies -- 8. Cosmology : basic observations -- 9. Big Bang cosmology -- 10. Tests and probes of Big Bang cosmology N2 - A concise but thorough introduction to the observational data and theoretical concepts underlying modern astronomy ER -