Includes cross-referenced index, bibliography, and a career guide. Presents alphabetical entries on terms, concepts, missions, experiments, theories, and equipment used in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Hamiltonian dynamics and celestial mechanics: a Joint Summer Research Conference on Hamiltonian…
by Saari, D., (Donald), Joint Summer Research Conference on Hamiltonian Dynamics and Celestial Mechanics, University of Washington), Xia, Zhihong
fromContemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society)
This book contains selected papers from AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Hamiltonian Systems and Celestial Mechanics held in Seattle in June 1995. The symbiotic of these two topics creates a natural combination for a conference on dynamics. Topics covered include…
The "Almagest," by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. Pedersen's 1974 publication, "A Survey of t…
Describes the development of celestial mechanics through the ages from ancient star charts to modern mathematics and computer simulations.
The scientific legacy of Poincaré
by Charpentier, Éric, Ghys, E., (Etienne), Lesne, Annick
"Johannes Kepler published Harmonies of the World in 1619. This was the summation of his theories about celestial correspondences, and ties together the ratios of the planetary orbits, musical theory, and the Platonic solids. Kepler's speculations are long discredited. However, …
