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020 _a9780511564895 (ebook)
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQB62.5
_b.D83 1988
082 0 0 _a522/.076
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100 1 _aDuffett-Smith, Peter,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPractical astronomy with your calculator /
_cPeter Duffett-Smith.
250 _aThird edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1988.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aPractical Astronomy with your Calculator, first published in 1979, has enjoyed immense success. The author's clear and easy to follow routines enable you to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator. Mathematical complexity is kept firmly in the background, leaving just the elements necessary for swiftly making calculations. The major topics are: time, coordinate systems, the Sun, the planetary system, binary stars, the Moon, and eclipses. In the third edition there are entirely new sections on generalised coordinate transformations, nutrition, aberration, and selenographic coordinates. The calculations for sunrise and moonrise are improved. A larger page size has increased the clarity of the presentation. This handbook is essential for anyone who needs to make astronomical calculations. It will be enjoyed by amateur astronomers and appreciated by students studying introductory astronomy. • Clear presentation • Reliable approximations • Covers orbits, transformations, and general celestial phenomena • Can be used anywhere, worldwide • Routines extensively tested by thousands of readers round the world
650 0 _aAstronomy
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 0 _aCalculators.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521356299
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564895
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