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In 1801, a young mathematician stunned the scientific world by using the modest mathematical tools of algebra and trigonometry to solve the complex problem of calculating planetary orbits. He explains his methods in this volume, which is suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students and remains a vital reference in modern astronomical computation and celestial mechanics.Gauss, Karl Friedrich is the author of 'Theory Of The Motion Of The Heavenly Bodies Moving About The Sun In Conic Sections A Translation Of Theoria Motus', published 2004 under ISBN 9780486439068 and ISBN 0486439062.
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