The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Valtonen, Mauri (Autor), Anosova, Joanna (Autor), Kholshevnikov, Konstantin (Autor), Mylläri, Aleksandr (Autor), Orlov, Victor (Autor), Tanikawa, Kiyotaka (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Astronomy.
Gravitation.
Dynamical systems.
Astrophysics.
Mechanics.
Mathematical physics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Dynamical Systems.
Classical Mechanics.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Classical problems
  • 2 From Newton to Einstein: the discovery of laws of  motion and gravity
  • 3 From comets to chaos
  •  4 Fractals, entropy and arrow of time
  • 5 Solar System
  • 6 Interacting galaxies
  • 7 Three body problem in perspective
  • 8 Black holes and quasars.

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