The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

• Main Authors: Valtonen, Mauri (Author), Anosova, Joanna (Author), Kholshevnikov, Konstantin (Author), Mylläri, Aleksandr (Author), Orlov, Victor (Author), Tanikawa, Kiyotaka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Physics.; Gravitation.; Mechanics.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This book, written for a general readership, reviews and explains the three-body problem in historical context reaching to latest developments in computational physics and gravitation theory. The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in science and it is most relevant even in today’s phys...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Classical problems
• 2 From Newton to Einstein: the discovery of laws of  motion and gravity
• 3 From comets to chaos
•  4 Fractals, entropy and arrow of time
• 5 Solar System
• 6 Interacting galaxies
• 7 Three body problem in perspective
• 8 Black holes and quasars.