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Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability Paperback - 1999
by Florin Diacu; Philip J. Holmes
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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HENRI POINCARE pushed back his chair and stood up.
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"An excellent book combining scientific integrity and popular appeal."--Steve Smale, City University of Hong Kong
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- Title Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability
- Author Florin Diacu; Philip J. Holmes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-03-28
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780691005454 / 0691005451
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.91 x 5.74 x 0.68 in (22.63 x 14.58 x 1.73 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 521
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Celestial Encounters: The Orgins of Chaos and Stability (ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS)
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Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr. New. 1999. Paperback. 0691005451 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 233 pages -- Interior text is clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From a synopsis by the publisher on the back cover: " 'Celestial Encounters' is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34 year old Henri Poincare submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. 'The Three Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics' won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal 'Acta Mathematica', but after accepting the prize, Poincare found a serious mistake in his work. While correcting it, he discovered the phenomenon of chaos. Starting with the story of Poincare's work, Florin Diacu and Philip…
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