The Key to Newton's Dynamics - The Kepler Problem and the Principia (Hardcover)


This text explains the surprisingly simple analytical structure that underlies the determination of the force necessary to maintain ideal planetary motion. It sets the problem in historical and conceptual perspective, showing Newton's debt to the works of Descartes and Galileo.

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This text explains the surprisingly simple analytical structure that underlies the determination of the force necessary to maintain ideal planetary motion. It sets the problem in historical and conceptual perspective, showing Newton's debt to the works of Descartes and Galileo.

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University of California Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 1996

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Dimensions

229 x 152mm (L x W)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

330

ISBN-13

978-0-520-20065-4

Barcode

9780520200654

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LSN

0-520-20065-9



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