
Tell your friends about this item:
The Key to Newton's Dynamics: The Kepler Problem and the Principia
J. Bruce Brackenridge
The Key to Newton's Dynamics: The Kepler Problem and the Principia
J. Bruce Brackenridge
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.
330 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 113 figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 29, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780520202177 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 330 |
Dimensions | 156 × 227 × 20 mm · 514 g |
Language | English |
See all of J. Bruce Brackenridge ( e.g. Paperback Book )