Featuring numerous illustrative examples, this practical guide for students, researchers, and professionals introduces numerical methods that may be used to solve key problems in astrophysics. Coverage includes (for example) Eulerian equations of hydrodynamics, Navier-Stokes equations, stellar structure equations, and equations of radiation hydrodynamics. Numerical codes and graphs of sample results are provided on the accompanying CD-ROM. Bodenheimer is affiliated with the U. of California, Santa Cruz. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)