Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium in Sectionibus Conicis Solem Ambientium (Latin, Paperback)

Described by one reviewer as 'one of the most perfect books ever written on theoretical astronomy', this work in Latin by the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 1855), the 'Prince of Mathematicians', derived from his attempt to solve an astronomical puzzle: where in the heavens would the dwarf planet Ceres, first sighted in 1801, reappear? Gauss' predicted position was correct to within half a degree, and this led him to develop a streamlined and sophisticated method of calculating the effect of the larger planets and the sun on the orbits of planetoids, which he published in 1809. As well as providing a tool for astronomers, Gauss' method also offered a way of reducing inaccuracy of calculations arising from measurement error; the primacy of this discovery was however disputed between him and the French mathematician Legendre, whose Essai sur la th orie des nombres is also reissued in this series.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Carl Friedrich Gauss
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-14311-0
Languages:	Latin
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
LSN:	1-108-14311-3
Barcode:	9781108143110

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