Author: Grossman, Nathaniel
Title: The Sheer Joy of Celestial Mechanics
Description: Boston, Birkhauser, 1996. Hardcover. Color illustrated binding with white lettering. xvii, 181 pp. Includes diagrams and formulae. Contents include: Rotating coordinates -- Central forces -- Orbits under the inverse square law -- Expansions for an elliptic orbit -- Gravitation and closed orbits -- Dynamical properties of rigid bodies -- Gravitational properties of solids -- Shape of a self-gravitating fluid. Fine .

Keywords: Science, Celestial Mechanics, Astronomy, Physics ; Celestial Mechanics ; ;


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