The Hill-Brown Theory of the Moon’s Motion (Record no. 110554)
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International Standard Book Number | 9781441959379 |
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Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-1-4419-5937-9 |
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Classification number | QA21-27 |
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Subject category code | PBX |
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Subject category code | MAT015000 |
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Classification number | 510.9 |
Edition number | 23 |
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Personal name | Wilson, Curtis. |
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Title | The Hill-Brown Theory of the Moon’s Motion |
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Remainder of title | Its Coming-to-be and Short-lived Ascendancy (1877-1984) / |
Statement of responsibility, etc | by Curtis Wilson. |
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Extent | XIV, 323p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color. |
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Series statement | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
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Formatted contents note | Hill Lays the Foundation (1877–1878) -- George William Hill, Mathematician -- Lunar Theory from the 1740s to the 1870s – A Sketch -- Hill on the Motion of the Lunar Perigee -- Hill’s Variation Curve -- Early Assessments of Hill’s Lunar Theory -- Brown Completes the Theory (1892–1908), and Constructs Tables (1908–1919) -- E. W. Brown, Celestial Mechanician -- First Papers and a Book -- Initiatives Inspired by John Couch Adams’ Papers -- Further Preliminaries to the Systematic Development -- Brown’s Lunar Treatise: Theory of the Motion of the Moon; Containing a New Calculation of the Expressions for the Coordinates of the Moon in Terms of the Time -- A Solution-Procedure Without Approximations -- The “Main Problem” Solved -- Correcting for the Idealizations: The Remaining Inequalities -- Direct Planetary Perturbations of the Moon (The Adams Prize Paper) -- Indirect Planetary Perturbations of the Moon -- The Effect of the Figures of the Earth and Moon -- Perturbations of Order (?R)2 -- The Tables -- Determining the Values of the Arbitrary Constants -- Ernest W. Brown as Theorist and Computer -- Revolutionary Developments in Time-Measurement,Computing, and Data-Collection -- Tidal Acceleration, Fluctuations, and the Earth’s Variable Rotation, to 1939 -- The Quest for a Uniform Time: From Ephemeris Time to Atomic Time -- 1984: The Hill–Brown Theory is Replaced as the Basis of the Lunar Ephemerides -- The Mathematical and Philosophical Interest in an Analytic Solution of the Lunar Problem. |
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Summary, etc | The Hill–Brown theory of lunar motion was, from its completion in 1908 to its retirement in 1984, the most accurate model of the moon’s orbit. The mathematical, philosophical, and historical interest in the analytic solution of the lunar problem using the Hill–Brown method still engages celestial mechanicians, and is the primary focus of this work. This book, in three parts, describes three phases in the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Part I explains the crisis in lunar theory in the 1870s that led G.W. Hill to lay a new foundation for an analytic solution, a preliminary orbit he called the "variational curve." Part II is devoted to E.W. Brown's completion of the new theory as a series of successive perturbations of Hill's variational curve. Part III describes the revolutionary developments in time-measurement and the determination of Earth-Moon and Earth-planet distances that led to the replacement of the Hill–Brown theory in 1984. Although some calculus and differential equations are included, the text is largely accessible without advanced knowledge in these areas. Amateurs of astronomy, as well as instructors and scholars of the general history of science, will find this book of significant interest. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History of Mathematics. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. |
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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Title | Springer eBooks |
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Display text | Printed edition: |
International Standard Book Number | 9781441959362 |
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Uniform title | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5937-9 |
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