Fundamentals of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: Hydrodynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, and Radiation Hydrodynamics

Shoji Kato is an emeritus professor at Kyoto University. He received his Doctor of Science from the University of Tokyo in 1963 and became an assistant professor there at the Department of Astronomy in the same year. In 1971, he moved to the Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, and served as an associate professor until 1975 and as a professor until 1998. After becoming an emeritus professor at Kyoto University in 1998, he was appointed as a professor at the Faculty of Economy and the Faculty of Informatics, Nara Gakuen University (formerly Nara Sangyo University) in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and retired in 2007. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at Nara Gakuen University. He is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan.

Jun Fukue is a professor at Osaka Kyoiku University. He received his Doctor of Science from Kyoto University in 1983 and subsequently served as a research fellow supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science until 1984. He was appointed as an assistant professor, associate professor, and professor at Osaka Kyoiku University in 1984, 1989, and 2004 respectively. He is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan.