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Peterson, Ivars - Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System
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| Schrijver: | Peterson, Ivars |
| Titel: | Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System |
| ISBN: | 9780716727248 |
| Uitgever: | (1993) W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd |
| Bijzonderheid: | 336 p. Paperback, American Edition, used, fine condition |
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€ 15,00
€ 3,95
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| Meer info | Contains bibliography and indes You are invited to join in one of the most remarkable detective stories of all time the search for order and chaos in the solar system. In Newton's. Clock, the best selling author Ifvars Petersen examines a mystery that has fascinated and tormented astronomers and mathematicians for centuries. Are the orbits of planets and other bodies stable and predictable, or are these elements affecting the dynamics of the solar system that defy calculations? Weaving together some of the most influential moments. Of Scientific Discovery, Peterson offers a fascinating look at the intimate relationship between mathematics, astronomy, and our desire to understand the solar system. Uncommonly readable new history... Readers will find no more inviting introduction to a subject that asks some of the biggest questions of all - Washington Post Book World. Ivars Peterson is the mathematics and Physics editor at Science News, and is the author of many books, among them The Mathematical Tourist, 1988 and Islands of Truth, 1990. |
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