Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets

by Ettore Perozzi and Alessandra Celletti

The aim of the book is to demonstrate to a wider audience, as well as to a more skilled audience, the many fascinating aspects of modern celestial mechanics. It sets out to do this without the use of mathematics. After giving the reader the technical tools needed for a basic understanding of the underlying physical phenomena (using only elementary mathematics), facts and figures are provided on historical events, modern discoveries and future applications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038730777X
• ISBN13: 9780387307770
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.5"