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The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

By: Mauri Valtonen,Joanna Anosova,Konstantin Kholshevnikov,Aleksandr Mylläri,Victor Orlov,Kiyotaka Tanikawa

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The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

By: Mauri Valtonen,Joanna Anosova,Konstantin Kholshevnikov,Aleksandr Mylläri,Victor Orlov,Kiyotaka Tanikawa

This book, written for a general readership, reviews and explains the three-body problem in historical context reaching to latest developments in computational physics and gravitation theory. The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in science and it is most relevant even in today’s physics and astronomy. The long history of the problem from Pythagoras to Hawking parallels the evolution of ideas about our physical universe, with a particular emphasis on understanding gravity and how it operates between astronomical bodies. The oldest astronomical three-body problem is the question how and when the moon and the sun line up with the earth to produce eclipses. Once the universal gravitation was discovered by Newton, it became immediately a problem to understand why these three-bodies form a stable system, in spite of the pull exerted from one to the other. In fact, it was a big question whether this system is stable at all in the long run. Leading mathematicians attacked this problem over more than two centuries without arriving at a definite answer. The introduction of computers in the last half-a-century has revolutionized the study; now many answers have been found while new questions about the three-body problem have sprung up. One of the most recent developments has been in the treatment of the problem in Einstein’s General Relativity, the new theory of gravitation which is an improvement on Newton’s theory. Now it is possible to solve the problem for three black holes and to test one of the most fundamental theorems of black hole physics, the no-hair theorem, due to Hawking and his co-workers.

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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen,K. Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene Byrd,Arthur Chernin

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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen,K. Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene Byrd,Arthur Chernin

Sir Isaac Newton famously said, regarding his discoveries, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life describes, complete with fascinating biographical details of the thinkers involved, the ascent to the metaphorical shoulders accomplished by the greatest minds in history. For the first time, a single book can take the reader on a journey through the history of the universe as interpreted by the expanding body of knowledge of humankind. From subatomic particles to the protein chains that form life, and expanding in scale to the entire universe, this book covers the science that explains how we came to be. The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life contains a great breadth of knowledge, from astronomy to physics, from chemistry to biology. It includes over 350 figures that enhance the comprehension of concepts both basic and advanced, and is a non-technical, easy-to-read text at an introductory college level that is ideal for anyone interested in science as well as its history.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387095349

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Paths to Dark Energy

Theory and Observation

By: Gene Byrd,Arthur D. Chernin,Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen

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Paths to Dark Energy

Theory and Observation

By: Gene Byrd,Arthur D. Chernin,Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen

This work provides the current theory and observations behind the cosmological phenomenon of dark energy. The approach is comprehensive with rigorous mathematical theory and relevant astronomical observations discussed in context. The book treats the background and history starting with the new-found importance of Einstein’s cosmological constant (proposed long ago) in dark energy formulation, as well as the frontiers of dark energy. The authors do not presuppose advanced knowledge of astronomy, and basic mathematical concepts used in modern cosmology are presented in a simple, but rigorous way. All this makes the book useful for both astronomers and physicists, and also for university students of physical sciences.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110258781

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The Three-Body Problem

By: Mauri J. Valtonen,Hannu Karttunen

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The Three-Body Problem

By: Mauri J. Valtonen,Hannu Karttunen

How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading mathematicians over the last two centuries. Poincaré's conclusion, that the problem represents an example of chaos in nature, opens the new possibility of using a statistical approach. For the first time this book presents these methods in a systematic way, surveying statistical as well as more traditional methods. The book begins by providing an introduction to celestial mechanics, including Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods, and both the two and restricted three body problems. It then surveys statistical and perturbation methods for the solution of the general three body problem, providing solutions based on combining orbit calculations with semi-analytic methods for the first time. This book should be essential reading for students in this rapidly expanding field and is suitable for students of celestial mechanics at advanced undergraduate and graduate level.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521852242

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The Three-Body Problem

By: Mauri J. Valtonen,Hannu Karttunen

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By: Mauri J. Valtonen,Hannu Karttunen

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The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

By: Mauri Valtonen,Joanna Anosova,Konstantin Kholshevnikov,Aleksandr Mylläri,Victor Orlov,Kiyotaka Tanikawa

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By: Mauri Valtonen,Joanna Anosova,Konstantin Kholshevnikov,Aleksandr Mylläri,Victor Orlov,Kiyotaka Tanikawa

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Paths to Dark Energy

Theory and Observation

By: Gene Byrd,Arthur D. Chernin,Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen

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Theory and Observation

By: Gene Byrd,Arthur D. Chernin,Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen

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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri J. Valtonen,Kirsi Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene G. Byrd,Artur Davidovich Chernin

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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri J. Valtonen,Kirsi Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene G. Byrd,Artur Davidovich Chernin

Regarding his discoveries, Sir Isaac Newton famously said, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life describes, complete with fascinating biographical details of the thinkers involved, a history of the universe as interpreted by the expanding body of knowledge of humankind. From subatomic particles to the protein chains that form life, and expanding in scale to the entire universe, this book covers the science that explains how we came to be. This book contains a great breadth of knowledge, from astronomy and physics to chemistry and biology. The second edition brings this story up to date, chronicling scientific achievements in recent years in such fields of research as cosmology, the large-scale architecture of the universe, black holes, exoplanets, and the search for extraterrestrial life. With over 250 figures, this is a non-technical, easy-to-read textbook at an introductory college level that is ideal for anyone interested in science as well as its history.

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Book's by Mauri Valtonen

The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

Paths to Dark Energy

Paths to Dark Energy

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

Paths to Dark Energy

Paths to Dark Energy

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

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