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Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets

Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets

Paperback

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

Publisher Price: $49.99

ISBN10: 038730777X
ISBN13: 9780387307770
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jan 24 2007
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.68 Depth: 9.54
Language: English

The aim of the book is to demonstrate to a wider audience, as well as to a more skilled audience, the many fascinating aspects of modern celestial mechanics. It sets out to do this without the use of mathematics. After giving the reader the technical tools needed for a basic understanding of the underlying physical phenomena (using only elementary mathematics), facts and figures are provided on historical events, modern discoveries and future applications. Contents are divided into major topics where the three souls of modern celestial mechanics (dynamical systems, Solar System and stellar systems, spaceflight dynamics) play a major role. The common perception of Celestial Mechanics is that of a discipline which needs advanced mathematics and astronomy to be understood. Yet modern Celestial Mechanics has a rather different taste and a truly interdisciplinary nature.

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