This book is intended as an introduction to the field of planetary systems at the postgraduate level. It consists of four extensive lectures on Hamiltonian dynamics, celestial mechanics, the structure of extrasolar planetary systems and the formation of planets. As such, this volume is particularly suitable for those who need to understand the substantial connections between these different topics.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Rudolf Dvorak
EAN: 9783540282082
COUNTRY: Germany
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WEIGHT: 1310 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-01-13
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GENRE: SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Physics / General
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Book Themes:
Cybernetics and systems theory, Astronomy, space and time, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Astrophysics, Geophysics, Earth sciences
From the reviews:
"This book contains the lectures given at the 3rd Helmholtz Institute for Supercomputational Physics summer school held in Potsdam in 2005. The purpose of this school was to present the basic theory on Hamiltonian Dynamics in general and Celestial Mechanics in particular … . This book is an excellent introduction to those who wish to study the extrasolar planetary systems, since it provides all the basic theory of dynamics, relevant to this subject and a thorough presentation of the formation of planetary systems … ." (John D. Hadjidemetriou, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 97 (3), 2007)
