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The Ballet of the Planets
A Mathematician's Musings on the Elegance of Planetary Motion
By Benson, Donald C.
- ISBN
- 9780199891009
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Science and Technology
Benson (mathematics, emeritus, Univ. of California, Davis; A Smoother Pebble: Mathematical Explorations) takes readers on a historical journey through the development of mathematics and geometric theories of planetary motion from ancient to modern times. He tells of the historical and revolutionary discoveries that the Sun (not Earth) is the center of planetary movement, that motion is elliptical (not circ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
