The Restless Universe Applications of Gravitational N-Body Dynamics to Planetary Stellar and Galactic Systems - Applications of Gravitational N-Body Dynamics to Planetary, Stellar and Galactic Systems: Proceedings of the Fifty Fourth Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, Blair Atholl, 23 July - 5 August 2000. (Hardcover)

The Restless Universe: Applications of Gravitational N-Body Dynamics to Planetary Stellar and Galactic Systems stimulates the cross-fertilization of ideas, methods, and applications among the different communities who work in the gravitational N-body problem arena, across diverse fields of astrophysics. The chapters and topics cover three broad themes: the dynamics of the solar system, the dynamics of galaxies and star clusters, and the large scale structure of the universe. The book is essential reading for scientists and graduate students studying N-body dynamics, from the fundamental techniques to the cutting edge of modern research in planetary, stellar, and galactic systems.