Calculate the Orbit of Mars! [E-Book] : An Observing Challenge and Historical Adventure / by Jane Clark.
This book shows readers how to calculate the orbit of Mars, based on their own observations and using observations made by the author. The historical, observational, and analytical aspects of the project to measure the orbit of Mars are all combined in this one book! Determining the orbit of Mars is...
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Personal Name(s): | Clark, Jane, author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2021. |
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Cham :
Springer,
2021
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 316 pages 153 illustrations, 93 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030782672 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-78267-2 |
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- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2. From Eve to Newton: Doubtful Legends about Knowledge from an Apple
- Chapter 3: Weighing the earth with a pendulum
- Chapter 4: Solving an Equation without Moving your Ellipse
- Chapter 5: Where'd the Earth Go?
- Chapter 6: You Don't Take a Photograph: You Make It
- Chapter 7: Do you see what I see? A Planet, a Planet, Dancing in the Night
- Chapter 8: Without Data, You're Just another Person with an Opinion
- Chapter 9: Finally we get around to the Answer. .