How Long to Read Principles of Stellar Dynamics

How Long Does it Take to Read Principles of Stellar Dynamics?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Principles of Stellar Dynamics by S. Chandrasekhar

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this classic text, a Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist presents the theory of stellar dynamics as a branch of classical dynamics--a discipline in the same general category as celestial mechanics. His method offers the advantages of clarifying the theory's fundamental issues and defining its underlying motivations. S. Chandrasekhar investigates two areas. The first concerns problems in which the time of relaxation of a stellar system is central. His method consists of analyzing the effects of stellar encounters in terms of the two-body problem of classical dynamics and applying this theory to the dynamics of star clusters. The second area investigates problems centering around Liouville's theorem and the solutions of the equation of continuity; here, the author discusses the dynamic implications of the existence of a field of differential motions, which appears to be the most striking kinematic feature of the galaxy and the extragalactic systems. This edition includes two papers by the author that were published after Principles of Stellar Dynamics and that have been studied and quoted extensively: "New Methods in Stellar Dynamics" (originally published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) and "Dynamical Friction" (originally published in The Astrophysical Journal).

How long is Principles of Stellar Dynamics?

Principles of Stellar Dynamics by S. Chandrasekhar is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Principles of Stellar Dynamics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read Principles of Stellar Dynamics aloud.

What Reading Level is Principles of Stellar Dynamics?

Principles of Stellar Dynamics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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