The Global Parameters of the Sun. Radiation Flow through the Solar Atmosphere. Toward a Model of the Sun: Opacity. Toward a Model of the Sun: Ionization. Computing a Model of the Sun: The Photosphere. Convection in the Sun: Empirical Properties. Computing a Model of the Sun: The Convection Zone. Radiative Transfer in the Deep Interior of the Sun. Computing a Mechanical Model of the Sun: The Radiative Interior. Polytropes. Energy Generation in the Sun. Neutrinos from the Sun. Oscillations in the Sun: The Observations. Oscillations in the Sun: Theory. The Chromosphere. Magnetic Fields in the Sun. The Corona. The Solar Wind. Appendix. Index.
Dermott J. Mullan is a professor in the Bartol Research Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware. He is also director of the NASA Space Grant Program and the NASA EPSCoR Program in Delaware.
Physics of the Sun indeed starts as a 'first course' with a discussion of the sun's global properties which can be easily observed and quantified. Very skillfully this information is used for a phenomenological description of the sun as observed from the earth. ! very clear and easy to read. It is full of interesting bits of information ! The quality of the paper, the print, and the book as a whole is very good. As far as the scope is concerned, it is clearly written for undergraduate students, but also accessible for non-students with some understanding of physics and mathematics. Style-wise, however, the book is a nice read also for experts and can thus be recommended without constraint. --Contemporary Physics, Volume 52, Issue 3, 2011 ! the scope of core physics that can be taught with the Sun as an illuminating vehicle is impressive ! . For colleagues interested enough to think a bit more about this possibility or immediately keen to try, Mullan's book is an excellent starting place. ! this is a very useful book with lots of nice details supported by accessible calculations. ! The idea of teaching general physics through the Sun, in both senses of the word, is surely a promising one. --James L. Collett, Reviews, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2010
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