| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 323 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences |
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Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Hill lays the foundation (1877-1878) -- pt. II. Brown completes the theory (1892-1908), and constructs tables (1908-1919) -- pt. III. Revolutionary developments in time-measurement, computing and data-collection |
| Summary |
This book, in three parts, describes three phases in the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Part I explains the crisis in lunar theory in the 1870s that led G.W. Hill to lay a new foundation for an analytic solution, a preliminary orbit he called the "variational curve." Part II is devoted to E.W. Brown's completion of the new theory as a series of successive perturbations of Hill's variational curve. Part III describes the revolutionary developments in time-measurement and the determination of Earth-Moon and Earth-planet distances that led to the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Hill, George William, 1838-1914.
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Brown, Ernest W. (Ernest William), 1866-1938.
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Brown, Ernest W. (Ernest William), 1866-1938 |
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Hill, George William, 1838-1914 |
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Lunar theory.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Satélites artificiales -- Órbitas (Astronomía)
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Artificial satellites -- Orbits
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Lunar theory
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Moon -- Orbit.
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Moon
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| Genre/Form |
Observations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
144195936X |
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9781441959362 |
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1441959378 |
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9781441959379 |
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9786612982637 |
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6612982632 |
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