Maxwell on Saturn's Rings

by James Clerk Maxwell

Book Overview

From the first time they were dimly sighted through Galileo's telescope to the recent spectacular pictures beamed back by Voyager, Saturn's rings have fascinated generations of observers. The scientific problems associated with them have also attracted the attention of successive generations of theoreticians. James Clerk Maxwell's 1856 Adams Prize Essay, "On the Stability of the Motion of Saturn's Rings," forms the central body of this book and is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262131900
• ISBN13: 9780262131902
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"