Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet

Download # Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet PDF by # Peter Duffett-Smith, Jonathan Zwart eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet Updated and extended, this new edition shows you how to use spreadsheets to predict, with greater accuracy, solar and lunar eclipses, the positions of the planets, and the times of sunrise and sunset. Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions for use with a pocket calculator, shown alongside worked exam

Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet

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Rating : 4.37 (774 Votes)
Asin : 1108436072
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 240 Pages
Publish Date : 2016-06-04
Language : English

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"This beautifully produced, ring-bound book, now in its fourth edition, is a real reference gem for any astronomer or student. It contains just about all the maths you'd ever need for astronomical applications, presented in an exquisitely clear manner." John Rowlands, Astronomy Now magazine"this book does a good job at what it sets out to do. The formulas and algorithms are presented clearly and with an appropriate level of detail, and the spreadsheets supplement the text by showing an additional way to perf

. He is a Reader in Experimental Radio Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and is a fellow of Downing College and the Royal Astronomical Society.Jonathan Zwart is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, and a co-founder and forme

Updated and extended, this new edition shows you how to use spreadsheets to predict, with greater accuracy, solar and lunar eclipses, the positions of the planets, and the times of sunrise and sunset. Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions for use with a pocket calculator, shown alongside worked examples, it can be enjoyed by anyone interested in astronomy, and will be a useful tool for software writers and students studying introductory astronomy. Suitable for worldwide use, this handbook covers orbits, transformations and general celestial phenomena, and is essential for anyone wanting to make astronomical calculations for themselves. High-precision spreadsheet methods for greater accuracy are available at cambridge/practicalastronomy

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