An introduction to the physics of interstellar dust.(Brief Article)(Book Review) From: SciTech Book News | Date: December 1, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Book News, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

9781584887072

An introduction to the physics of interstellar dust.

Krugel, Endrik.

Chapman & Hall/CRC

2008

387 pages

$79.95

Hardcover

Series in astronomy and astrophysics

QB791

Although interstellar dust accounts for only one percent of the mass of interstellular matter, it absorbs one-third of the starlight in the Milky Way and re-emits it in the infrared. This dust w...

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