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Newton's Gravity [electronic resource] : An Introductory Guide to the Mechanics of the Universe / by Douglas W. MacDougal.
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- ISBN: 9781461454441
- Physical Description: XIX, 433 p. 78 illus., 69 illus. in color. online resource.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : 2012.
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| Subject: | Physics. Planetology. Astronomy. Physics. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. Planetology. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences. |
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Preface | ||
| Chapter 1: Introduction - The Twin Mysteries of Mass | ||
| Chapter 2: Galileo's Great Discovery - How Things Fall | ||
| Chapter 3: Christiaan Huygens' Remarkable Pendulum | ||
| Chapter 4: The Geometry of the Solar System - Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion | ||
| Chapter 5: How the Moon Falls Toward the Earth (but keeps missing it) | ||
| Chapter 6: Newton's Moon Test | ||
| Chapter 7: Newton Demonstrate How an Inverse Square Law Could Explain Planetary Motions | ||
| Chapter 8: Newton's Master Stroke - The Universal Law of Gravitation | ||
| Chapter 9: Determining the Value of g on Earth | ||
| Chapter 10: A Binary System Close to Home - How the Moon and Earth Orbit Each Other | ||
| Chapter 11: Using Kepler's Third Law to Find the Masses of Stars and Planets | ||
| Chapter 12: Motion in Elliptical Orbits | ||
| Chapter 13: The Energy and Geometry of Orbits | ||
| Chapter 14: Introduction to Spaceflight | ||
| Chapter 15: Getting Oriented - The Sun, the Earth, and the Ecliptic Planet | ||
| Chapter 16: An Introduction to Kepler's Problem - Finding the True Anomaly of an Orbiting Body | ||
| Chapter 17: What Causes the Tides? | ||
| Chapter 18: Moon, Rings, and the Ripping Forces of Tides | ||
| Chapter 19: Hovering in Space - Those Mysterious Langrangian Points | ||
| Appendix: Solutions | ||
| Index.. |
