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Theory of Orbits
Boccaletti, Dino; Pucacco, Prof. Giuseppe
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Description for Theory of Orbits
Paperback. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 437 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHS; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
Half a century ago, S. Chandrasekhar wrote these words in the preface to his 1 celebrated and successful book: In this monograph an attempt has been made to present the theory of stellar dy namics as a branch of classical dynamics - a discipline in the same general category as celestial mechanics. [ ... ] Indeed, several of the problems of modern stellar dy namical theory are so severely classical that it is difficult to believe that they are not already discussed, for example, in Jacobi's Vorlesungen. Since then, stellar dynamics has developed in several directions and at var ious ... Read more
Half a century ago, S. Chandrasekhar wrote these words in the preface to his 1 celebrated and successful book: In this monograph an attempt has been made to present the theory of stellar dy namics as a branch of classical dynamics - a discipline in the same general category as celestial mechanics. [ ... ] Indeed, several of the problems of modern stellar dy namical theory are so severely classical that it is difficult to believe that they are not already discussed, for example, in Jacobi's Vorlesungen. Since then, stellar dynamics has developed in several directions and at var ious ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
437
Condition
New
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Number of Pages
423
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642082221
SKU
V9783642082221
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Reviews for Theory of Orbits
From the reviews "The book is ... didactically written and contains topics from classical to most modern ones, treated rigorously by indicating where complete proofs are to be found." Zentralblatt für Mathematik, 1999