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Ignacio Ferreras presents a concise introduction to extragalactic astrophysics, with emphasis on stellar dynamics, and the growth of density fluctuations in an expanding Universe. Additional chapters are devoted to smaller systems (stellar clusters) and larger ones (galaxy clusters).

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Ferreras strikes gold with a precisely targeted exposition of the essentials in galactic studies. Clearly derived from the extensive experience that he and his colleagues at both Oxford and University College London have gathered in teaching this material, it precisely fulfills the needs of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate scholars. --Duncan S. MacKay, Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Kent

"""Ferreras strikes gold with a precisely targeted exposition of the essentials in galactic studies. Clearly derived from the extensive experience that he and his colleagues at both Oxford and University College London have gathered in teaching this material, it precisely fulfills the needs of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate scholars.""--Duncan S. MacKay, Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Kent"

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Ignacio Ferreras is a staff astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, in Tenerife, Spain and holds an honorary professor position at the Physics and Astronomy department, UCL. He was academic staff at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL for eleven years. After obtaining university degrees in theoretical physics in Valladolid, Spain, and Cornell University, USA, he embarked on a career in astrophysics with a PhD in Cantabria, Spain, followed by various research and academic appointments at Oxford, ETH Zürich, UCL, and King’s College London. He was a 'La Caixa' fellow and an individual Marie Curie fellow.

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