Celestial and Stellar Dynamics

"This textbook is part of a series based on the curriculum for astronomy graduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU). In this curriculum, first-year graduate students take a five credit-hour course "Observed Properties of Astronomical Systems." This is followed by six courses, each of two three credit-hours: "Atomic and Radiative Processes in Astrophysics," "Stellar Structure and Evolution," "Dynamics," "Cosmology," "Numerical and Statistical Methods in Astrophysics," and "The Interstellar Medium and the Intergalactic Medium." The philosophy of the OSU graduate program, however, is best encapsulated in the two credit-hour course "Order of Magnitude Astrophysics," which is offered every year to first- and second-year students"--