Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell Ball

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton Robert Stawell BallISBN13:9781545081235ISBN10:1545081239Author:Benitez, Paula (Editor), Ball, Robert Stawell (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) Was An Irish Physicist, Astronomer, And Mathematician Who Made Important Contributions To Mechanics, Optics, And Algebra As A Teenager, He Mastered Parts Of Newton's Principia And Studied Laplace's Celestial Mechanics Treatise When Barely 22, Hamilton Became A Professor Of Astronomy At University Of Dublin, However He Was More Interested In Theoretical Rather Than Practical Astronomy His Studies Of Mechanical And Optical Systems Led Him To Discover New Mathematical Concepts And Techniques His Greatest Contribution Is Perhaps The Reformulation Of Newtonian Mechanics, Now Called Hamiltonian Mechanics This Work Has Proven Central To The Modern Study Of Classical Field Theories Such As Electromagnetism, And To The Development Of Quantum Mechanics Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-04-01Weight:0.12 lbsDimensions:0.06'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:26Language:English

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