The Three-Body Problem (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521852241)

How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading mathematicians over the last two centuries. Poincar 's conclusion, that the problem represents an example of chaos in nature, opens the new possibility of using a statistical approach. For the first time this book presents these methods in a systematic way, surveying statistical as well as more traditional methods. This book should be essential reading for students in a rapidly expanding field and is suitable for students of celestial mechanics at advanced undergraduate and graduate level.

Author: Mauri Valtonen
ISBN-10: 0521852242
ISBN-13: 9780521852241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2006
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.91lbs
Size: 9.76h x 7.06w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 666