Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Wisdom/Misc/Textbooks


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    33Can anyone comment on some good/bad textbooks that students should/shouldn't buy on various astrophysical/mathematical/statistical/programming topics?
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    5 == Numerical Recipes in "language" ==
     5''Numerical Recipes in [Language]''
    66This is a classic if you need numerical subroutines.  Note that there's an electronic edition, and you can find excerpts if you Google.  ~Taka
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     9''"Accretion Power in Astrophysics"'' (Frank, King & Raine)
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    10 "Accretion Power in Astrophysics" (Frank, King & Raine)
     11''"Active Galactic Nuclei"'' (Krolik)
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    12 "Active Galactic Nuclei" (Krolik)
     13''"Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars"'' (Shapiro & Teukolsky)
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    14 "Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars" (Shapiro & Teukolsky)
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    16 Also, some review articles on arXiv are just as useful (and often more so) than a textbook.... and they're free! ~Taka
     15Some '''review articles''' on arXiv are just as useful (and often more so) than a textbook.... and they're free! ~Taka