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The Hill-Brown Theory of the Moon's Motion - Its Coming-to-be and Short-lived Ascendancy (1877-1984) (Paperback, 2010 ed.) Loot Price: R2,887

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The Hill-Brown Theory of the Moon's Motion - Its Coming-to-be and Short-lived Ascendancy (1877-1984) (Paperback, 2010...

The Hill-Brown Theory of the Moon's Motion - Its Coming-to-be and Short-lived Ascendancy (1877-1984) (Paperback, 2010 ed.)

Curtis Wilson

Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

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This book, in three parts, describes three phases in the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Part I explains the crisis in lunar theory in the 1870s that led G.W. Hill to lay a new foundation for an analytic solution, a preliminary orbit he called the "variational curve." Part II is devoted to E.W. Brown's completion of the new theory as a series of successive perturbations of Hill's variational curve. Part III describes the revolutionary developments in time-measurement and the determination of Earth-Moon and Earth-planet distances that led to the replacement of the Hill-Brown theory in 1984.

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Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	2010
Authors:	Curtis Wilson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	323
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-2614-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4614-2614-6
Barcode:	9781461426141