Predicting the Eclipse: A Multimillennium Tale of Computation - Softcover

Wolfram, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579550878 ISBN 13: 9781579550875

Publisher: Wolfram Media, 2024

Synopsis

Total eclipses of the Sun are rare and dramatic--and on April 8, 2024, one will cross the US. But when exactly will it happen? In this short but richly illustrated book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram tells the triumphant and hard-won story--spanning more than two thousand years--of how science, mathematics and computation have brought us to the point where we can now predict the time of the eclipse to within one second. Learn how the problem of eclipses brought us some of the earliest exact science, the first known computer, contributions from many of the all-time greats of mathematics and physics, and critical technology for the space program. See how all this provides a clear, modern understanding of a phenomenon that has surprised and amazed throughout human history.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Wolfram is an award-winning scientist and bestselling author, and the creator of some of the world's most respected software systems--Mathematica, WolframAlpha and Wolfram Language. For more than 35 years, he has been CEO of the global technology company Wolfram Research, as well as responsible for a series of groundbreaking advances in basic science, including the recent Wolfram Physics Project.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wolfram Media
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579550878
• ISBN 13: 9781579550875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112