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The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking
Mauri Valtonen
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Description for The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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 physics and astronomy. The long history of the problem from Pythagoras to Hawking parallels the evolution of ideas about our physical universe, with a particular emphasis on understanding gravity and how it operates between astronomical bodies. The oldest astronomical three-body problem is the question how and when the moon and the sun ... Read more
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 physics and astronomy. The long history of the problem from Pythagoras to Hawking parallels the evolution of ideas about our physical universe, with a particular emphasis on understanding gravity and how it operates between astronomical bodies. The oldest astronomical three-body problem is the question how and when the moon and the sun ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
173
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319227252
SKU
V9783319227252
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99-15
About Mauri Valtonen
Mauri Valtonen has pioneered the study of the relativistic three-body problem and has worked on many of its applications in astronomical systems. He graduated at University of Cambridge in 1975, and has worked at University of Turku in Finland and in recent years at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Barbados. He has been awarded the E.J.Nystrom ... Read more
Reviews for The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking
The authors of the book under review are able to popularize an exquisitely (in principle) mathematical topic in a very fascinating way, which will be of interest for those with mathematical knowledge as well. ... The pleasant reading of the book will gently introduce the general reader to the mysteries of the three-body problem and its solutions and, with the ... Read more