Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability

Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability
ISBN-10
0691005451
ISBN-13
9780691005454
Series
Celestial Encounters
Category
Mathematics
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
1999-03-28
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Authors
Philip Holmes, Florin Diacu

Description

Celestial Encounters traces the history of attempts to solve the problem of celestial mechanics first posited in Isaac Newton's Principia in 1686. More generally, the authors reflect on mathematical creativity and the roles that chance encounters, politics, and circumstance play in it. 23 halftones. 64 line illustrations.

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