Book Review: "Physics of the Plasma Universe", Second Edition, by Anthony L. Peratt, Springer, 2015; ISBN: 978-1-4614-7818-8, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7819-5

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Physics of the Plasma Universe, Second Edition, by Anthony L. Peratt, Springer, 2015; ISBN: 978-1-4614-7818-8, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7819-5

ALICJA WIERZCHOLSKA1 and HUBERT SIEJKOWSKI2

Physics of the Plasma Universe Second Edition by Anthony L. Perrat is a profound guide dedicated to plasma physics in the Solar System, the Milky Way and many objects therein other galaxies, active galactic nuclei and more. The book has 406 pages and its second edition was published by Springer in 2015. It is addressed to graduate students and researchers working in the eld of cosmic plasma.

The second edition has been updated with new observations in the full energy range of the electromagnetic spectrum collected over more than the last two decades, since its rst edition in 1992. The book describes a large number of theoretical and observational aspects of plasma. It presents a variety of topics including: the formation of magnetic...