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Gravitational N-Body Simulationsby Sverre J. Aarseth; P. V. Landshoff; D. R. Nelson; D. W. Sciama; S. Weinberg
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 69.00This book presents basic methods for numerical simulation of gravitational systems, demonstrating how to develop clear and elegant algorithms. It explains the fundamental mathematical tools needed to describe the dynamics of a large number of mutually attractive particles, and the techniques needed to model various known planetary and astrophysical phenomena. more...
Agnes Mary Clerke and the Rise of Astrophysicsby M. T. Brück
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 29.00Born in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, Agnes Mary Clerke achieved fame as the author of A History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century. This biography describes the life of the woman who became the leading commentator of her time on astronomy and astrophysics in the English-speaking world. more...
Galileoby Stillman Drake
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 12.99Galileo's own lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. This led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. more...
The Three-Body Problemby Mauri Valtonen; Hannu Karttunen
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 91.00The book surveys statistical and perturbation methods for the solution of the general three body problem, providing solutions based on combining orbit calculations with semi-analytic methods for the first time. This book is essential reading for students in this rapidly expanding field. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Galileoby Peter Machamer
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 35.00This collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. more...
Als die Welt still standby Atle Naess; K. Hartmann-Butt
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 29.95Die preisgekrC6nte Biographie des norwegische Schriftstellers Atle Naess fuhrt den Leser auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die HC6hen und Tiefen des Lebens einer der schillerndsten PersC6nlichkeiten der europC$ischen Wissenschaftsgeschichte - Galileo Galilei. Mit feinsinniger Empathie entwickelt Naess das Portrait eines Mannes, der sich selbst durch die ZwC$nge der rC6mischen Inquisition nicht von seinen wegweisenden Forschungen abbringen lieC. Aus den Rezensionen der norwegischen Ausgabe: "Mit umfassender Kenntnis und sicherem ErzC$hlstil hebt Naess die epochemachenden Arbeiten hervor, die die Grundlage der modernen experimentellen Naturwissenschaften bilden. Er packt all die vielen Stationen [Galileis] Lebens in ein sehr lesenswertes Buch,... more...
Galileo for Kidsby Richard Panchyk; Buzz Aldrin
Chicago Review Press 2005; US$ 11.95Galileo, one of history's best-known scientists, is introduced in this illuminating activity book. Children will learn how Galileo's revolutionary discoveries and sometimes controversial theories changed his world and laid the groundwork for modern astronomy and physics. This book will inspire kids to be stargazers and future astronauts or scientists as they discover Galileo's life and work. Activities allow children to try some of his theories on their own, with experiments that include playing with gravity and motion, making a pendulum, observing the moon, and painting with light and shadow. Along with the scientific aspects of Galileo's life, his passion for music and art are discussed and exemplified by period engravings, maps, and prints.... more...
Ordering the Heavensby Bruce S. Eastwood
BRILL 2007; US$ 147.00Based on scores of medieval manuscript texts and diagrams, this book shows how Roman sources were used in the age of Charlemagne to reintroduce and expand a qualitative picture of articulated geometrical order in the heavens. more...