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Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability - Princeton Science Library
Florin Diacu
Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability - Princeton Science Library
Florin Diacu
Presenting the story of Poincare's work, this book traces the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics posed in Isaac Newton's "Principia" in 1686. It introduces the people whose ideas led to the field called nonlinear dynamics.
256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 28, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780691005454 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 158 × 236 × 14 mm · 384 g |
Language | English |