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Author: Alessandra Celletti ,
Ettore Perozzi
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.562kg
ISBN: 9780387307770
ISBN 10: 038730777
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 24 January 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
From the reviews: Celletti (Universita di Roma 'Tor Vergata') and Perozzi (Telespazio Rome) present a complicated subject in an engaging manner that is accessible to general readers. The writing is clear and authoritative, and the diagrams and tables help the nonexpert reader to visualize the key ideas without having to wade through the mathematics usually found in a book on this subject. ... Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates. (T. Barker, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (11), August, 2007) The celestial mechanics can be considered as the mathematical part of the astronomy, requiring a high level in mathematics and reserved to specialists ... . The Waltz of the Planets offer a different insight, providing very basic mathematical tools to the reader, sufficient to enable him or her to understand the main topics of celestial planetary dynamics. The purpose is to present this discipline as accessible, interesting and amusing ... . A book to recommand to students, astronomers ... and celestial mechanicians. (Anne Lemaitre, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 30 (1), 2008)
From the reviews: <p> Celletti (Universita di Roma a ~Tor Vergataa (TM)) and Perozzi (Telespazio Rome) present a complicated subject in an engaging manner that is accessible to general readers. The writing is clear and authoritative, and the diagrams and tables help the nonexpert reader to visualize the key ideas without having to wade through the mathematics usually found in a book on this subject. a ] Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates. (T. Barker, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (11), August, 2007) <p> The celestial mechanics can be considered as the mathematical part of the astronomy, requiring a high level in mathematics and reserved to specialists a ] . The Waltz of the Planets offer a different insight, providing very basic mathematical tools to the reader, sufficient to enable him or her to understand the main topics of celestial planetary dynamics. The purpose is to present this discipline as accessible, interesting and amusing a ] . A book to recommand to students, astronomers a ] and celestial mechanicians. (Anne LemaA(R)tre, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 30 (1), 2008)
