Format:
1 Online-Ressource (verschiedene Seitenzählungen)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Edition:
Version: 20190501
ISBN:
9781643274706
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1643274708
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9781643274683
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1643274686
Series Statement:
IOP concise physics
Content:
The development of man's understanding of planetary motions is the crown jewel of Newtonian mechanics. This book offers a concise but self-contained handbook-length treatment of this historically important topic for students at about the third-year-level of an undergraduate physics curriculum. After opening with a review of Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, it proceeds to the analyze the general dynamics of 'central force' orbits in spherical coordinates, how elliptical orbits satisfy Newton's gravitational law, and how the geometry of ellipses relates to physical quantities, such as energy and momentum. Exercises are provided, and derivations are set up in such a way that readers can gain analytic practice by filling in the missing steps. A brief bibliography lists sources for readers who wish to pursue further study on their own.
Note:
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781643274676
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781643274676
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1088/2053-2571/ab0303
URL:
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Author information:
Reed, Bruce Cameron 1954-
