The Three-Body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking - Paperback
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
The Three-Body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking
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.
Mauri Valtonen has pioneered the study of the relativistic three-body problem and has worked on many of its applications in astronomical systems. He graduated at University of Cambridge in 1975, and has worked at University of Turku in Finland and in recent years at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Barbados. He has been awarded the E.J.Nystrom prize of the Finnish Society for...
Edition
2016 Edition
Contributor(s)
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.