This revised edition of Solar Astrophysics describes our current understanding of the sun - from its deepest interior, via the layers of the directly observable atmosphere to the solar wind, right out to its farthest extension into interstellar space. It includes a comprehensive account of the history of solar astrophysics, along with an overview of the key instruments throughout the various periods. In contrast to other books on this topic, the choice of material deals evenhandedly with the entire scope of important topics covered in solar research. The authors make the advances in our understanding of the sun accessible to students and non-specialists by way of careful use of relatively simple physical concepts. The book offers an incisive, reliable, and well-planned look at all that is fascinating and new in studies of the sun.

Content:
Chapter 1 Development of the Ideas and Instruments of Modern Solar Research (pages 1–33):
Chapter 2 Radiative Transfer in the Sun's Atmosphere (pages 35–63):
Chapter 3 Solar Spectroscopy (pages 65–101):
Chapter 4 Dynamics of Solar Plasmas (pages 103–131):
Chapter 5 The Photosphere (pages 133–166):
Chapter 6 The Sun's Internal Structure and Energy Generation (pages 167–193):
Chapter 7 Rotation, Convection, and Oscillations in the Sun (pages 195–231):
Chapter 8 Observations of Photospheric Activity and Magnetism (pages 233–275):
Chapter 9 The Chromosphere and Corona (pages 277–317):
Chapter 10 Prominences and Flares (pages 319–350):
Chapter 11 Dynamics of the Solar Magnetic Field (pages 351–385):
Chapter 12 The Solar Wind and Heliosphere (pages 387–419):
Chapter 13 The Sun, Our Variable Star (pages 421–457):