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Leonhard Euler and the Foundations of Celestial Mechanics
Buch von Dora Musielak
Sprache: Englisch

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The intention of this book is to shine a bright light on the intellectual context of Euler¿s contributions to physics and mathematical astronomy. Leonhard Euler is one of the most important figures in the history of science, a blind genius who introduced mathematical concepts and many analytical tools to help us understand and describe the universe. Euler also made a monumental contribution to astronomy and orbital mechanics, developing what he called astronomia mechanica. Orbital mechanics of artificial satellites and spacecraft is based on Euler¿s analysis of astromechanics. However, previous books have often neglected many of his discoveries in this field. For example, orbital mechanics texts refer to the five equilibrium points in the Sun-Earth-Moon system as Lagrange points, failing to credit Euler who first derived the differential equations for the general n-body problem and who discovered the three collinear points in the three-body problem of celestial mechanics. These equilibrium points are essential today in space exploration; the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to the Hubble), for example, now orbits the Sun near L2, one of the collinear points of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, while future missions to study the universe will place observatories in orbit around Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon equilibrium points that should be properly called Euler-Lagrange points. In this book, the author uses Euler¿s memoirs, correspondence, and other scholarly sources to explore how he established the mathematical groundwork for the rigorous study of motion in our Solar System. The reader will learn how he studied comets and eclipses, derived planetary orbits, and pioneered the study of planetary perturbations, and how, old and blind, Euler put forward the most advanced lunar theory of his time.
The intention of this book is to shine a bright light on the intellectual context of Euler¿s contributions to physics and mathematical astronomy. Leonhard Euler is one of the most important figures in the history of science, a blind genius who introduced mathematical concepts and many analytical tools to help us understand and describe the universe. Euler also made a monumental contribution to astronomy and orbital mechanics, developing what he called astronomia mechanica. Orbital mechanics of artificial satellites and spacecraft is based on Euler¿s analysis of astromechanics. However, previous books have often neglected many of his discoveries in this field. For example, orbital mechanics texts refer to the five equilibrium points in the Sun-Earth-Moon system as Lagrange points, failing to credit Euler who first derived the differential equations for the general n-body problem and who discovered the three collinear points in the three-body problem of celestial mechanics. These equilibrium points are essential today in space exploration; the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to the Hubble), for example, now orbits the Sun near L2, one of the collinear points of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, while future missions to study the universe will place observatories in orbit around Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon equilibrium points that should be properly called Euler-Lagrange points. In this book, the author uses Euler¿s memoirs, correspondence, and other scholarly sources to explore how he established the mathematical groundwork for the rigorous study of motion in our Solar System. The reader will learn how he studied comets and eclipses, derived planetary orbits, and pioneered the study of planetary perturbations, and how, old and blind, Euler put forward the most advanced lunar theory of his time.
Über den Autor
Dora Musielak is an aerospace scientist, the recipient of two NASA research fellowships and other honors. She is a Research Professor at the University of Texas in Arlington and teaches mathematical methods to graduate students in physics and engineering.
Dora Musielak is also a historian of mathematics and science. Her research focuses on both the lives of mathematicians and the scientific developments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A central topic of her scholarly exploration is the mathematical ideas that germinated and grew in Europe, starting with Euler and Lagrange, in order to discover how mathematics led to developments in physics and astronomy. Her research also includes the mathematical formulations for classical (Newtonian) and modern (Einsteinian) quantum mechanics. Dora Musielak is the author of Sophie's Diary (MAA Press), and her latest book published in Springer Biographies is a scholarly memoir of French mathematician Sophie Germain, describing her contributions to mathematics and her efforts to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. The present book is Dora Musielak's tribute to the blind mathematician who saw infinity.
Zusammenfassung

Serves as elegant and unbiased portrait of remarkable mathematician and his relationships with astronomers and scholars

Provides a lucid account of the debate surrounding Newton's laws as they were understood in the eighteenth century

Includes a comprehensive presentation of mathematical formalism behind nascent theories leading to n-body problem

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Stella Nova: Euler's Study of Newtonian and Cartesian Physics.- Euler's Grand Tour.- Watching the Northern Light: Basic Analysis of Celestial Mechanics.- Rhythms of the Sea: A Theory of Tides.- Beyond the Prussian Sky: Theories of Motion in the Solar System.- Cosmic Wanderers: Motion of Comets and Comet Tail Theory.
Warnhinweis
ACHTUNG! Nicht für Kinder unter 3 Jahren geeignet. Erstickungsgefahr wegen verschluckbarer Kleinteile.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Reihe: History of Physics
Inhalt: xxviii
208 S.
48 s/w Illustr.
17 farbige Illustr.
208 p. 65 illus.
17 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783031123214
ISBN-10: 3031123212
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Musielak, Dora
Auflage: 1st ed. 2022
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
History of Physics
Maße: 241 x 160 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Dora Musielak
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.11.2022
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
Artikel-ID: 122037162
Über den Autor
Dora Musielak is an aerospace scientist, the recipient of two NASA research fellowships and other honors. She is a Research Professor at the University of Texas in Arlington and teaches mathematical methods to graduate students in physics and engineering.
Dora Musielak is also a historian of mathematics and science. Her research focuses on both the lives of mathematicians and the scientific developments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A central topic of her scholarly exploration is the mathematical ideas that germinated and grew in Europe, starting with Euler and Lagrange, in order to discover how mathematics led to developments in physics and astronomy. Her research also includes the mathematical formulations for classical (Newtonian) and modern (Einsteinian) quantum mechanics. Dora Musielak is the author of Sophie's Diary (MAA Press), and her latest book published in Springer Biographies is a scholarly memoir of French mathematician Sophie Germain, describing her contributions to mathematics and her efforts to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. The present book is Dora Musielak's tribute to the blind mathematician who saw infinity.
Zusammenfassung

Serves as elegant and unbiased portrait of remarkable mathematician and his relationships with astronomers and scholars

Provides a lucid account of the debate surrounding Newton's laws as they were understood in the eighteenth century

Includes a comprehensive presentation of mathematical formalism behind nascent theories leading to n-body problem

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Stella Nova: Euler's Study of Newtonian and Cartesian Physics.- Euler's Grand Tour.- Watching the Northern Light: Basic Analysis of Celestial Mechanics.- Rhythms of the Sea: A Theory of Tides.- Beyond the Prussian Sky: Theories of Motion in the Solar System.- Cosmic Wanderers: Motion of Comets and Comet Tail Theory.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Reihe: History of Physics
Inhalt: xxviii
208 S.
48 s/w Illustr.
17 farbige Illustr.
208 p. 65 illus.
17 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783031123214
ISBN-10: 3031123212
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Musielak, Dora
Auflage: 1st ed. 2022
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
History of Physics
Maße: 241 x 160 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Dora Musielak
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.11.2022
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
Artikel-ID: 122037162
Warnhinweis
ACHTUNG! Nicht für Kinder unter 3 Jahren geeignet. Erstickungsgefahr wegen verschluckbarer Kleinteile.

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