A couple of free books to download

In summary, Azael and Ishmael discuss the book "Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics" by Collins. Azael recommends downloading and perusing the book, although it may be slightly dated in some areas. Ishmael used it for their first course and found it to be a solid introduction to general astrophysics. The conversation ends with Azael considering reading the book over the summer.
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I am sorry if this has been posted before. I just stumbled over this link and it got me drooling:tongue2:

http://ads.harvard.edu/books/

Does anyone know if the fundamentals of stellar astrophysics by Collins is a good book?
 
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Azael: Collins is still a solid Introduction to General Astrophysics, although it is somewhat dated in areas. Collins updated some of the worst cases in his Online edition (2003), but there are still weak areas that can (and should) be supported by other texts or papers. I am a bit partial to it as I used it for my first course. IMHO you should download it and peruse it, as it still has some value for general intro study. Ishmael
 
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Thanks for the link. Lots of nice books there.
 
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Ishmael said:
Azael: Collins is still a solid Introduction to General Astrophysics, although it is somewhat dated in areas. Collins updated some of the worst cases in his Online edition (2003), but there are still weak areas that can (and should) be supported by other texts or papers. I am a bit partial to it as I used it for my first course. IMHO you should download it and peruse it, as it still has some value for general intro study. Ishmael

thanks. Maby I will give it a read now that its summer :approve:
 

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