D C B Whittet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA
Institute of Physics, Graduate Series in Astronomy
Readership: Those embarking on postgraduate research, of general interest to researchers, teachers and students as a review of a significant area of astrophysics.
Contents include: Element abundances and depletions. Interstellar extinction and scattering. Interstellar polarization and grain alignment. Spectral absorption features. Continuum and line emission. The origin and evolution of interstellar grains.
This book provides an overview of this highly active and topical area of current research, covering general concepts, methods of investigation, important results and their significance, relevant literature, and some suggestions for promising avenues of future research. It is invaluable as a review of this significant area of astrophysics.
Reviews: "For those embarking on research in this area, this book will be an invaluable and comprehensive source. For anyone with the slightest need to know about dust, this book is essential. Buy it, read it and keep it by you!" Contemporary Physics 1992
"This is an excellent text book. It contains lots of equations, first-class figures and 21 pages of references. It is accurately aimed at final year undergraduates and first year post-graduate students." D Hughes, New Scientist, 1993
1992 234 x 156mm 308 pages illus
Paperback ISBN 0-7503-0209-7 £26.00/US$53.00
Hardcover ISBN 0-7503-0204-6 £79.00/US$158.00
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