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Topics in Gravitational Dynamics : Solar, Extra-Solar and Galactic Systems
D. Benest
Hardcover - $225.95
This set of lectures collects surveys of open problems in celestial dynamics and dynamical astronomy applied to solar, extra-solar and galactic systems. Emphasis is on questions of stability of planetary systems. In particular the discovery and thus ...
Opus Majus of Roger Bacon Part 1
Robert Belle Burke
Paperback - $55.95
Volume one of a two volume set. (This description is for both volumes.) Contains much of Bacon's principle writings in mathematics, optics, experimental science, and philosophy. Bacon is regarded as the first modern scientist. This is one of his majo ...
Gravity's Arc : The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond
David Darling
Hardcover - $37.95
The story of our quest to understand gravity - the weakest force in nature, yet one that binds the cosmos together - spans more than two and a half thousand years. The book starts with Aristotle's ideas about objects falling to their "natural place, ...
The Search for Non-Newtonian Gravity
Ephraim Fischbach
Hardcover - $206.95
Fischbach and Talmadge trace the history of attempts to test the predictions of Newtonian Gravity, and describe recent experimental efforts to verify both the inverse-square law and the equivalence principle. Interest in these questions has increased ...
The Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravitation
Yasunori Fujii
Paperback - $92.95
The scalar-tensor theory of gravitation moved into the limelight in recent years due to developments in string theory, M-theory and "brane world" constructions. This book introduces the subject at a level suitable for both graduate students and resea ...
Gravity
George Gamow
Paperback - $14.95
A distinguished physicist and teacher, George Gamow also possessed a special gift for explaining the intricacies of science. Here he takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: ...