Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability by Florin Diacu

Princeton University Press, March 1999. Trade . Good. Good+ Softcover. Light to moderate shelfwear to covers, including creasing. Textblock mildly soiled. A few pages have a bent corner. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback. Very Good.

Princeton University Press. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Princeton Univ Pr, 1999. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.25x5.75x0.50 inches.

Princeton University Press, 1999-03-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr. New. 1999. Paperback. 0691005451 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 233 pages -- Interior text is clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From a synopsis by the publisher on the back cover: " 'Celestial Encounters' is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34 year old Henri Poincare submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. 'The Three Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics' won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal 'Acta Mathematica', but after accepting the prize, Poincare found a serious mistake in his work. While correcting it, he discovered the phenomenon of chaos. Starting with the story of Poincare's work, Florin Diacu and Philip… Read More