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The Ballet of the Planets: A Mathematician's Musings on the Elegance of Planetary Motion Benson, Donald (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Davis)
The Ballet of the Planets: A Mathematician's Musings on the Elegance of Planetary Motion
Benson, Donald (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Davis)
The Ballet of the Planets unravels the beautiful mystery of planetary motion. The book shows how our understanding of planetary motion evolved from ancient Greece to the time of Newton. It illustrates the interaction between theory and observation, the scientific method, a process still central to the science of today.
240 pages, 60 b&w
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 21, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199891009 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 236 × 18 mm · 388 g |
| Language | English |