Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability Tapa blanda - 1999

Princeton University Press, March 1999. Trade . Good. Good+ Softcover. Light to moderate shelfwear to covers, including creasing. Textblock mildly soiled. A few pages have a bent corner. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton University Press. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Presenting the story of Poincare's work, this book traces the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics posed in Isaac Newton's "Principia" in 1686. It introduces the people whose ideas led to the field called nonlinear dynamics.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton Univ Pr, 1999. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.25x5.75x0.50 inches.

Princeton University Press, 1999-03-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr. New. 1999. Paperback. 0691005451 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 233 pages -- Interior text is clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From a synopsis by the publisher on the back cover: " 'Celestial Encounters' is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34 year old Henri Poincare submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. 'The Three Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics' won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal 'Acta Mathematica', but after accepting the prize, Poincare found a serious mistake in his work. While correcting it, he discovered the phenomenon of chaos. Starting with the story of Poincare's work, Florin Diacu and Philip… Leer más