Celestial Mechanics The Waltz of the Planets /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Celletti, Alessandra (Συγγραφέας), Perozzi, Ettore (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science, general.; Applications of Mathematics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

I was delighted to be invited by my colleagues Alessandra Celletti and Ettore Perozzi to provide a foreword to their book, Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets. Having known them for many years and long admired their work in the subject so many of us love and are fascinated by, 1 read with...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Around and around
• Three bodies and no solution
• Celestial waltz
• Cosmic spinning tops
• Our chaotic Solar System
• Singularities, collisions and threatening bodies
• Of Moon and man
• Rock around the planets
• Lords of the rings
• At the edge of the Solar System
• On the road to exolife.