What Are the Best Books to Learn Astrophysics?

[Abscissas]

Hey i was posting to ask what type of books i can get to make me more knowledgeable on the subject of astrophysics, it could be more general or very specific if you think its worth knowing please lead me to a book that explains. thank you

 

[Mordred]

You might try "Introductory to astronomy and cosmology" by Ian Morison

http://books.google.ca/books/about/Introduction_to_Astronomy_and_Cosmology.html?id=yrV8vvJzgWkC

 

[Abscissas]

Thank you I didn't know they had free books on the internet that you didn't have to steal

 

[Mordred]

If there is a free version of that one, I'm not aware of it. I bought my copy.

 

[Abscissas]

Oh nvm its not free :/ thanks a bunch still I'm definitely going to get it

 

[Chronos]

Here are a couple of review papers by Padmanabhan that you may find informative:
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0503107
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602117
Here is another on dark matter that is worth a look:
http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1912

 

[Segala]

I can recommend two books I did read and, most important, did learn a lot from them:
- An introduction to modern astrophysics (Carroll and Ostlie), very expensive;
- Fundamental astronomy (Karttunen et alli), almost budget

A third choice, perhaps the best one and for free, happens to be written in portuguese: http://astro.if.ufrgs.br/.

Best regards!

 

[Abscissas]

Thank you all I will look into these sources and get back to you with feedback