Newtons Clock

Author : Ivars Peterson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0716723964
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newton's Clock written by Ivars Peterson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his critically acclaimed best-sellers The Mathematical Tourism and Islands of Truth, Ivars Peterson took readers to the frontiers of modern mathematics. His new book provides an up-to-date look at one of science's greatest detective stories: the search for order in the workings of the solar system. In the late 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton provided what astronomers had long sought: a seemingly reliable way of calculating planetary orbits and positions. Newton's laws of motion and his coherent, mathematical view of the universe dominated scientific discourse for centuries. At the same time, observers recorded subtle, unexpected movements of the planets and other bodies, suggesting that the solar system is not as placid and predictable as its venerable clock work image suggests. Today, scientists can go beyond the hand calculations, mathematical tables, and massive observational logs that limited the explorations of Newton, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and others. Using supercomputers to simulate the dynamics of the solar system, modern astronomers are learning more about the motions they observe and uncovering some astonishing examples of chaotic behavior in the heavens. Nonetheless, the long-term stability of the solar system remains a perplexing, unsolved issue, with each step toward its resolution exposing additional uncertainties and deeper mysteries. To show how our view of the solar system has changed from clocklike precision to chaos and complexity, Newton's Clock describes the development of celestial mechanics through the ages - from the star charts of ancient navigators to the seminal discoveries of the 17th century from the crucial work of Poincare to thestartling, sometimes controversial findings and theories made possible by modern mathematics and computer simulations. The result makes for entertaining and provocative reading, equal parts science, history and intellectual adventure.

Author : James FERGUSON (F.R.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles ... To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun ... An account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus in ... 1639 ... The ninth edition written by James FERGUSON (F.R.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 502 pages
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Download or read book Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 596 pages
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Download or read book Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Olga Pombo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400720300
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Special Sciences and the Unity of Science written by Olga Pombo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is a dynamic process in which the assimilation of new phenomena, perspectives, and hypotheses into the scientific corpus takes place slowly. The apparent disunity of the sciences is the unavoidable consequence of this gradual integration process. Some thinkers label this dynamical circumstance a ‘crisis’. However, a retrospective view of the practical results of the scientific enterprise and of science itself, grants us a clear view of the unity of the human knowledge seeking enterprise. This book provides many arguments, case studies and examples in favor of the unity of science. These contributions touch upon various scientific perspectives and disciplines such as: Physics, Computer Science, Biology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, and Economics.

Author : William Newton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London journal of arts and sciences (and repertory of patent inventions) [afterw.] Newton's London journal of arts and sciences written by William Newton and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Levenson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571265758
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newton and the Counterfeiter written by Thomas Levenson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majesty's coins (a crime that the law equated with treason), but was trying to take over the Mint itself. But Chaloner had no idea who he was taking on. Newton pursued his enemy with the cold, implacable logic that he brought to his scientific research. Set against the backdrop of early eighteenth-century London with its sewers running down the middle of the streets, its fetid rivers, its packed houses, smoke and fog, its industries and its great port, this dark tale of obsession and revenge transforms our image of Britain's greatest scientist.

Author : Edward Dolnick
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062042262
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clockwork Universe written by Edward Dolnick and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Edward Dolnick brings to light the true story of one of the most pivotal moments in modern intellectual history—when a group of strange, tormented geniuses invented science as we know it, and remade our understanding of the world. Dolnick’s earth-changing story of Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of modern science is at once an entertaining romp through the annals of academic history, in the vein of Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, and a captivating exploration of a defining time for scientific progress, in the tradition of Richard Holmes’ The Age of Wonder.

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Total Pages : 614 pages
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Download or read book Annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Newton Ivory Lucas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1340 pages
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Download or read book Englisch deutsches und deutsch-englisches wörterbuch, mit besonderer rüchsicht auf den gegenwärtigen standpunkt der literatur und wissenschaft bearbeitet written by Newton Ivory Lucas and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: