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The Structure, Stability, and Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Systems

Joel E. Tohline, LSU Baton Rouge

http://www.phys.lsu.edu/astro/H_Book.current/Preface/Preface.shtml

A web-only book about the fluids that make up stars. From the site: “The primary purpose of this work is two-fold:

To document in an electronically accessible format many of the key physical principles that underlie modern discussions of the structure, stability, and dynamical evolution of astrophysical fluid systems;

To take advantage of the added dimensions offered by the hypertext medium—such as color, text/equation linkages, animation, VRML, and access to online computational algorithms—to effectively illustrate many of these physical principles.”

Link to website

Available for purchase? N/A