
| 作者简介: Andrew J. Simoson earned a Ph.D. in mathematics under Leonard Asimow at the University of Wyoming in 1979, working on extensions of separating theorems in functional analysis. Since then, he has been chairman of the mathematics department at King College in Bristol, Tennessee, and has authored over thirty papers in various mathematical journals, seven of them being joint research with undergraduates. He has twice been a Fulbright professor, at the University of Botswana , 1990-91, and at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, 1997-98. |
| Introduction preamble i I Hesiod's Muses preamble ii II The Gravity of Hades preamble iii III Ballistics preamble iv IV Heavenly Motion preamble v V Pendulum Variations preamble vi VI Retrieving H. G. Wells from the Ocean Floor preamble vii VII Sliding along a Chord through a Rotating Earth. preamble viii VIII Falling through a Rotating Earth preamble ix IX Shadow Lands preamble x X The Trochoid Family preamble xi XI Retrieving H. G. Wells from the Moon preamble xii XII Playing Ball in a Space Station preamble xiii XIII The Rotating Beacon preamble xiv XIV The Long Count preamble xv XV Hesiod's Anvil Appendix Cast of Characters Comments on Selected Exercises References About the Author Index |
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