Explains the fundamental Physics and Chemistry required for understanding interstellar medium. This textbook is interlaced with mathematical derivations that are clean, elegant and easily understandable by those with an undergraduate background in Physics.

The fundamental Physics and Chemistry required for understanding interstellar medium are lucidly explained by this textbook. Modern, comprehensive and extensive, the book goes beyond a phenomenological study to present a detailed quantitative treatment of the dynamic interactions between stars and interstellar matter. Emphasizing a practical understanding of these processes, the book is interlaced with mathematical derivations that are clean, elegant and easily understandable by anyone with an undergraduate background in Physics.

The Interstellar Medium - Fundamental Concepts of Radiation
- Measurements of Radiation - Photoionization and Recombination - Line Radiation from Atoms and Ions - Continuum Radiation in the Gas Phase - Interstellar Molecules - Interstellar
Grains: Physical Processes - The Chemical Composition of Interstellar and Circumstellar Grains - Chemical Reactions in the ISM
T.Hasegawa - Gas Dynamics, Gravitational Collapse and Stellar Winds - Interaction between Stars and the Interstellar Medium - Beyond the Galaxy - References - Appendices - Symbols and Abbreviations - Glossary - Solutions to Problems