first edition Hardcover
1999 · Oxford
by Mestel, Leon
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. ...provides an authoritative survey of this rapidly developing field. Based on a lifetime of research, the book places stellar magnetism in a broad astronomical scope and provides a thorough, well-argued treatment of current work. It covers the key topics, discussing the relevant mathematics in detail and including numerous references, and many of the topics, particularly accretion discs, dynamos, and winds, are equally important to the study of galaxies and galactic nuclei." International Series of Monographs on Physics, Volume 99. Octavo: 636 p. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Mild bumping along the extremities; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 74815)