This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium--the gas and dust, as well as the elect

This concise textbook covers all aspects of the interstellar and intergalactic medium, for graduate students and advanced undergraduates.

A comprehensive yet accessible textbook introducing the nature of the rarefied matter that pervades the space between stars.

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The book leads the advanced undergraduate through the wide range of disciplines related to an understanding of the interstellar medium and is suitable for any s