Celestial encounters: the origins of chaos and stability
Auteur :
Diacu, Florin / Holmes, Philip J.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691005454
Date de publication :
28 mars 1999
Dimensions :
25,4 x 19,7 cm
Poids :
340 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presenting the story of Poincare's work, this book traces the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics posed in Isaac Newton's "Principia" in 1686. It introduces the people whose ideas led to the field called nonlinear dynamics.