Informationen zum Autor Christopher Linton is Head of the Mathematical Sciences Department at Loughborough University. Klappentext Describes development of theories of planetary motion! emphasizing interaction between progress in mathematics and astronomy. Zusammenfassung Since Babylonian times! a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun! moon and planets. This book describes the theories of planetary motion that have been developed through the ages! emphasizing the interaction between progress in astronomy and mathematics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Spheres and circles; 3. The Ptolemaic universe; 4. Developments in geocentric astronomy; 5. The heliocentric universe; 6. Tycho Brahe, Kepler and the ellipse; 7. Galileo, the telescope and Keplerian astronomy; 8. The universal theory of gravitation; 9. Celestial mechanics; 10. The asteroids and the outer planets; 11. New methods; 12. Mercury and relativity; References; Index.

Klappentext

Describes development of theories of planetary motion, emphasizing interaction between progress in mathematics and astronomy.

Zusammenfassung
Since Babylonian times, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun, moon and planets. This book describes the theories of planetary motion that have been developed through the ages, emphasizing the interaction between progress in astronomy and mathematics.

Inhalt
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Spheres and circles; 3. The Ptolemaic universe; 4. Developments in geocentric astronomy; 5. The heliocentric universe; 6. Tycho Brahe, Kepler and the ellipse; 7. Galileo, the telescope and Keplerian astronomy; 8. The universal theory of gravitation; 9. Celestial mechanics; 10. The asteroids and the outer planets; 11. New methods; 12. Mercury and relativity; References; Index.