- Celestial mechanics, Conic sections, Orbits, Planets
"On March 13, 1964, Feynman delivered a lecture to the Caltech freshman class, "The Motion of Planets Around the Sun"why the planets move elliptically instead of in perfect circles.
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Warm, resolved, plot-driven and earnest.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- David L. Goodstein
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 191
- Publisher
- Norton, Vintage
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099736219
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