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Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator or Spreadsheet

Name: Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator or Spreadsheet
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108436076
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Contributors:

Peter Duffett-Smith, Jonathan Zwart

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Science, Computers

Book Subcategory:

Space Science, Business & Productivity Software, Hardware

Book Topic:

Astronomy, Spreadsheets, Cell Phones & Devices

Edition Description:

4th Revised Edition

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Release Date:

2017-07-06

ISBN 13:

9781108436076

Weight:

1.07 lbs

Size:

10.00 x 8.00 x 0.51 inches

Pages:

238

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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/practicalastronomy

About the Author
Duffett-Smith, Peter: - Peter Duffett-Smith is a physicist by training, and a radio astronomer by trade. He is a Reader in Experimental Radio Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and is a fellow of Downing College and the Royal Astronomical Society.Zwart, Jonathan: - Jonathan Zwart is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, and a co-founder and former editor of Cambridge's science magazine, BlueSci.

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