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Practical astronomy with your calculator or spreadsheet /
"Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. Updated and extended, this new edition shows you how to use spreadsheets to predict, with greate...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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| Edición: | 4th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. Updated and extended, this new edition shows you how to use spreadsheets to predict, with greater accuracy, solar and lunar eclipses, the positions of the planets, and the times of sunrise and sunset. Suitable for worldwide use, this handbook covers orbits, transformations and general celestial phenomena, and is essential for anyone wanting to make astronomical calculations for themselves. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions for use with a pocket calculator, shown alongside worked examples, it can be enjoyed by anyone interested in astronomy, and will be a useful tool for software writers and students studying introductory astronomy. High-precision spreadsheet methods for greater accuracy are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521146548"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511860836 0511860838 9780511861161 0511861168 9780511859090 0511859090 0511862091 9780511862090 1139895540 9781139895545 0511857357 9780511857355 1283066262 9781283066266 9786613066268 6613066265 0511859961 9780511859960 0511858221 9780511858222 |