The Sun as a Star

Using mathematics appropriate for advanced undergraduate students in physics this textbook provides a broad and wide-ranging introduction to the Sun as a star. Tayler provides succinct derivations of key results--such as the properties of spectral lines the theory of stellar oscillations plasma physics magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo theory--in nine handy appendices ensuring that the book is completely self contained. Altogether this is an invaluable textbook for students studying the Sun stars the solar-terrestrial environment and the formation of planetary systems.