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Practical astronomy with your calculator /
Practical Astronomy with your Calculator, first published in 1979, has enjoyed immense success. The author's clear and easy to follow routines enable you to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator. Mathematical complexity is kept firmly...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1988.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Practical Astronomy with your Calculator, first published in 1979, has enjoyed immense success. The author's clear and easy to follow routines enable you to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator. Mathematical complexity is kept firmly in the background, leaving just the elements necessary for swiftly making calculations. The major topics are: time, coordinate systems, the Sun, the planetary system, binary stars, the Moon, and eclipses. In the third edition there are entirely new sections on generalised coordinate transformations, nutrition, aberration, and selenographic coordinates. The calculations for sunrise and moonrise are improved. A larger page size has increased the clarity of the presentation. This handbook is essential for anyone who needs to make astronomical calculations. It will be enjoyed by amateur astronomers and appreciated by students studying introductory astronomy." Clear presentation " Reliable approximations " Covers orbits, transformations, and general celestial phenomena " Can be used anywhere, worldwide " Routines extensively tested by thousands of readers round the world. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780511338113 0511338112 9780511564895 0511564899 0511251688 9780511251689 1139930060 9781139930062 1139929445 9781139929448 0511337558 9780511337550 0511336942 9780511336942 0511336292 9780511336294 |