Adventures in Celestial Mechanics: A First Course in the Theory of Orbits (Hardcover)

by Victor G. Szebehely (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 175 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; 1st edition (February 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292751052
• ISBN-13: 978-0292751057
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,117,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful insight on Kepler's laws of planetary orbits!, December 27, 1998

By	(Shirley L. Stafford) [e-mail] (Aurora, Colorado) - See all my reviews

I found this text one Saturday afternoon while shopping at a university bookstore in Denver. I am a candidate for the M.S. degree in astronomyand physics and doing my thesis on Johannes Kepler and his three laws of planetary motion. While browsing through the physics section, I saw this text right in front of me. I spent the next half-hour thumbing through the pages. I purchased it, and I'm using it for part of my thesis. I also am part-time faculty at a unversity in the Denver area. I have shared this wonderful text with students and other faculty members. There are full explanations of orbits, detailed drawings, equations, and sample problems. Orbits include those of planets, moons, man-made satellites, asteroids and comets. I find it an enjoyable book for all that are interested in astronmony from the junior high student through a professional in the field.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to follow, April 19, 2003

By	Lilly White (TX USA) - See all my reviews

The book provides quite a well rounded basis, with good diagrams, but some of his calculation methods are a little hard to follow. I much much preferred Orbital Motion by A.E. Roy. It depends though on how you are used to seeing the formulas. I know some people find this book much easier.