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Newton's Gravity
Douglas W. Macdougal
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Description for Newton's Gravity
Paperback. Newton's Gravity Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 452 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 69 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678.
“Newton’s Gravity” conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people, for example, know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. But very few can explain exactly how and why that happens. Fewer still can calculate the actual pulls of the Moon and Sun on the oceans. This book shows in clear detail how to do this with simple tools. It uniquely crosses disciplines – history, astronomy, physics and mathematics – and takes pains to explain things frequently passed over or taken for granted ... Read more
“Newton’s Gravity” conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people, for example, know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. But very few can explain exactly how and why that happens. Fewer still can calculate the actual pulls of the Moon and Sun on the oceans. This book shows in clear detail how to do this with simple tools. It uniquely crosses disciplines – history, astronomy, physics and mathematics – and takes pains to explain things frequently passed over or taken for granted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
Series
Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Number of Pages
433
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461454434
SKU
V9781461454434
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99-15
About Douglas W. Macdougal
Douglas W. MacDougal has a degree in mathematics, with a minor in physics, from the University of Vermont, and is an adjunct professor at Portland State University teaching celestial mechanics and (previously) astronomy. For many years he also taught courses in astronomy and mathematics in Portland’s Saturday Academy, whose classes typically include gifted middle school and high school students. MacDougal ... Read more
Reviews for Newton's Gravity
From the reviews: “It would suit a class in astronomy for non-scientists who know the basic rules of algebra and arithmetic and who are prepared for some quantitative work without the use of advanced mathematics; or an adult evening-education class; or amateur astronomers … who have always wanted to know how to do astronomical calculations. … I ... Read more