Astronomy with your Personal Computer - Hardcover

Duffett-Smith, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521266203 ISBN 13: 9780521266208

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

This is a book for the amateur astronomer who wishes to carry out astronomical calculations using a personal computer with the minimum of fuss. It is not specific to any make of machine, neither are the programmes confined to specific calculations, Rather, it presents a collection of twenty-six subroutines, written in a portable version of BASIC, which can be mixed and matched according to personal requirements. Furthermore, the user need only have a broad understanding of the problem; the subroutines themselves take care of the details. For example, the routines can be used to calculate the time of rising of any of the planets in any part of the world at any time in the future or past; or they may be used to find the circumstances of the next solar eclipse visible from a particular place. Almost every problem likely to be encountered by the amateur astronomer can be solved by a suitable combination of the routines given here.

About this title

Book Description:

Written in a portable version of BASIC, these subroutines enable the amateur astronomer to make calculations using a personal computer. This edition adds seven subroutines to the original twenty-six, all of which are non-specific to any one machine.

About the Author:

Peter Duffett-Smith is a physicist by training, and a radio astronomer by trade. He is a Reader in Experimental Radio Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and is a fellow of Downing College and the Royal Astronomical Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0521266203
• ISBN 13: 9780521266208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272