

Two excellent graduate-level monographs are available: the
classic 1970s text
Pulsars
by Manchester & Taylor [163] and the more up-to-date
Pulsar Astronomy
by Lyne & Smith [156
]. Those wishing to approach the subject from a more theoretical
viewpoint are advised to read Michel's
The Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres
[167
] and
The Physics of the Pulsar Magnetosphere
by Beskin, Gurevich & Istomin [30]. Our summary of evolutionary aspects serves merely as a primer
to the vast body of literature available. The reader is referred
to the excellent review by Bhattacharya & van den
Heuvel [31
] for further insights. For an excellent overview of pulsar
distance measurements and their implications, see the review by
Weisberg [263].
Pulsar resources available on the
Internet
are continually becoming more extensive and useful. Good
starting points for pulsar-surfers are the pages maintained at
Arecibo [173], Berkeley [10
], Bonn [165], Jodrell Bank [105], Princeton [196
], Swinburne [230] and Sydney [197].


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