See All Buying Options

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 2 images

Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, 2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition Hardcover – September, 1988

by John M. A. Danby (Author)

5 customer reviews

See all 8 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Hardcover

"Please retry"

—

$90.11

$22.60

Hardcover
from $22.60 7 Used from $22.60 1 New from $90.11

Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, 2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition

Available from these sellers.

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Richard H. Battin

4

Hardcover
$74.75
A. E. Roy

6

Hardcover
4 offers from $31.99
Forest Ray Moulton

15

Paperback
$18.93
Harry Pollard
Hardcover
8 offers from $4.95
David A. Vallado

9

Paperback
$99.00
Oliver Montenbruck

18

Hardcover
$79.38

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Roger R. Bate

62

Paperback
$18.00
Jean Meeus

29

Hardcover
12 offers from $65.01
Forest Ray Moulton

15

Paperback
$18.93
Professor Richard…

3

Hardcover
$61.60
William Least…

4

Hardcover
$18.30
Hansjörg Geiges
Paperback
$39.39

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Book by John M. A. Danby

NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE

Product details

Hardcover: 483 pages
Publisher: Willmann-Bell, Inc.; 2nd Revised & enlarged edition (September 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0943396204
ISBN-13: 978-0943396200
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.8 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,063,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1418 in Books > Science & Math > Astronomy & Space Science > Astrophysics & Space Science
- #2235 in Books > Science & Math > Astronomy & Space Science > Astronomy
- #11178 in Books > Science & Math > Physics

If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars

5 star		40%
4 star		60%
3 star		0%
2 star		0%
1 star		0%

Write a customer review

See all verified purchase reviews

Top customer reviews

This is a good book. I have used it before but someone ...

ByBobby K. Culpepperon May 18, 2016

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

This is a good book. I have used it before but someone stole my Danby and I ordered another one. It is a great reference book to have. I use Danby quit frequently.

0CommentWas this review helpful to you?YesNo

Good introduction to cellestial mechanics

ByGerry 73on November 7, 2010

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

This book gives a review of the necessary math knowledge, and then explains many aspects of celestial mechanics. It is a little less sophisticated than other books on the market.

Most books on this subject, including this one, are only available used.

11 comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?YesNo

Good

BySandro Ricardo De Souzaon June 25, 2013

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

I enjoyed this book. But I wish it were longer updated. Still, I recommend it as a supplement on the topic.

0CommentWas this review helpful to you?YesNo

Good, a bit dated, a bit fast moving for me

Byephemeris hackon March 21, 2011

Format: Hardcover

Danby discusses most subjects in a fast moving, somewhat terse way, a little too fast for my taste. I find that many of the student problems are exactly what I was looking for, and I would have preferred to see them discussed in detail in the text. His coverage of the equation of Kepler is good and relatively thorough. Some parts of the text are slightly dated, and this is partly because knowledge moves along quickly in the information age. For instance, he gives three methods for the numerical integration of the equations of motion, complete with BASIC code. The use of BASIC is itself a bit old-timey, and somewhat less easy to follow than the pseudo-code which many authors use. The most modern numerical integration methods he presents are the Runge-Kutta methods Fehlberg developed for NASA in the 1960s, which are indeed nice, and a good introduction to the subject, however newer methods are available. He gives a very terse treatment of relativity which only explains the motion of Mercury's perihelion, nothing more, although few authors cover that subject in any detail. His list of references is good, covers most of the classics, and has a few that are new to me. I noticed that he considers Plummer's "Introductory Treatise on Dynamical Astronomy" one of the best references available, which is a book I consider almost absurdly terse and cryptic... it goes from zero to Hansen's methods in the first 30 pages, with little explanation, and this is how Danby often leaves me feeling - more explanation please! Granted, I am no mathemetician, but I am ok with basic calculus, and I don't mind a long-winded derivation if it makes things clearer.