Books for Beginners (Astronomy & Astrophysics)

[darklight72]

In the next month, I'll study about Astronomy and AStrophysics, so what are the good books for me ? Please ! I really love Astronomy !

 

[Nevednobluda]

Well this probably won't be the best advice but watching documentaries can be very very helpful especially if you're looking into a specific topic, like black holes or string theory or anything really. I am not sure if you're a beginner but learning the basic fundamentals of physics is very important, it also makes it easier to get in the mathematics if you have a good background on general physics theory. From what I've observed online these books are pretty popular in the Astrophysics/Astronomy community, The Elegant Universe ( great for a interest in string theory and astrophysics), Carrol-Ostlie's "An Introduction to modern astrophysics", The Universe in a Nutshell & A Brief History of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and also Fundamental Astronomy (Springer-Verlag). I hope i helped in some essential way, also with theory try and get into Pre- calculus/ Calculus 1 after a good understanding of Astrophysics theory or during either way. Going on youtube and looking up on lectures can be very helpful, especially for calculus.

 

[darklight72]

Well this probably won't be the best advice but watching documentaries can be very very helpful especially if you're looking into a specific topic, like black holes or string theory or anything really. I am not sure if you're a beginner but learning the basic fundamentals of physics is very important, it also makes it easier to get in the mathematics if you have a good background on general physics theory. From what I've observed online these books are pretty popular in the Astrophysics/Astronomy community, The Elegant Universe ( great for a interest in string theory and astrophysics), Carrol-Ostlie's "An Introduction to modern astrophysics", The Universe in a Nutshell & A Brief History of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and also Fundamental Astronomy (Springer-Verlag). I hope i helped in some essential way, also with theory try and get into Pre- calculus/ Calculus 1 after a good understanding of Astrophysics theory or during either way. Going on youtube and looking up on lectures can be very helpful, especially for calculus.

Thank for your help !

 

[Nevednobluda]

Thank for your help !

I'm glad i helped :)

 

[Chronos]

The ugly part is you need a good understanding of calculus and other obscure knowledge, and like it,

 

[CalcNerd]

Look for 365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year. It is a nice primer for Astronomy.