Newton's gravity : an introductory guide to the mechanics of the universe
Newton s Gravity conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. But very few can explain exactly how and why that happens. Fewer still can calculate the actual pulls of...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
2012.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Col·lecció: | Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Newton's gravity, an introductory guide to the mechanics of the universe, Douglas W. MacDougal, New York, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (XIX-432 p.), Undergraduate lecture Notes in Physics, 978-1-4614-5443-4 |
Taula de continguts:
- Preface Chapter 1: Introduction - The Twin Mysteries of Mass Chapter 2: Galileo's Great Discovery - How Things Fall Chapter 3: Christiaan Huygens' Remarkable Pendulum Chapter 4: The Geometry of the Solar System - Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion Chapter 5: How the Moon Falls Toward the Earth (but keeps missing it) Chapter 6: Newton's Moon Test Chapter 7: Newton Demonstrate How an Inverse Square Law Could Explain Planetary Motions Chapter 8: Newton's Master Stroke - The Universal Law of Gravitation Chapter 9: Determining the Value of g on Earth Chapter 10: A Binary System Close to Home - How the Moon and Earth Orbit Each Other Chapter 11: Using Kepler's Third Law to Find the Masses of Stars and Planets Chapter 12: Motion in Elliptical Orbits Chapter 13: The Energy and Geometry of Orbits Chapter 14: Introduction to Spaceflight Chapter 15: Getting Oriented - The Sun, the Earth, and the Ecliptic Planet Chapter 16: An Introduction to Kepler's Problem - Finding the True Anomaly of an Orbiting Body Chapter 17: What Causes the Tides? Chapter 18: Moon, Rings, and the Ripping Forces of Tides Chapter 19: Hovering in Space - Those Mysterious Langrangian Points Appendix: Solutions Index