Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Theory of interplanetary flights Theory of interplanetary flights G. A. Gurzadi͡an This unique monograph contains a comprehensive overview of celestial mechanics, providing the reader with a solid basis on which to build an understanding of the theory of interplanetary flights. The… OL12321148W
An introduction to celestial mechanics An introduction to celestial mechanics Richard Fitzpatrick "This accessible text on classical celestial mechanics, the principles governing the motions of bodies in the Solar System, provides a clear and concise treatment of virtually all of the major featur… OL16498894W
Chaos in Astronomy Chaos in Astronomy P. A. Patsis The conference "Chaos in Astronomy" was held in Athens on 17-20 Sep 2007. International leaders in the field addressed the topics Chaos in large N-body systems and in galactic dynamics Chaos in solar… OL16966481W
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Sir Isaac Newton Newton's laws of motion and a mathematical account of universal gravitation. One of the world's most influential books and a seminal work in the development of modern physics and astronomy. OL17640601W
The birth of a new physics The birth of a new physics I. Bernard Cohen Relates man's search from the sixteenth century to the present for a physics to describe the dynamics of a universe in motion. OL1977469W
New Advances in Celestial Mechanics and Hamiltonian Systems New Advances in Celestial Mechanics and Hamiltonian Systems J. Delgado The aim of the IV International Symposium on Hamiltonian Systems and Celestial Mechanics, HAMSYS-2001 was to join top researchers in the area of Celestial Mechanics, Hamiltonian systems and related t… OL19890536W
Newton's Gravity Newton's Gravity Douglas W. MacDougal “Newton’s Gravity” conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. Bu… OL19890734W
N-body gravitational problem N-body gravitational problem K. Havel "This is based on the previously published e-books of the same author: N Bodies -- no problem : unrestricted two and three dimensional solutions (first edition February 2005; second expanded edition … OL24131262W
An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics Forest Ray Moulton By providing a general account of all parts of celestial mechanics without an over-full treatment of any single aspect, by stating all the problems in advance, and, where the transformations are long… OL2588618W