/ edited by Jean Souchay, St?شphane Mathis, Tadashi Tokieda
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Berlin, Heidelberg
: Springer Berlin Heidelberg :Imprint: Springer,
, 2013.
XII, 375 p. 138 illus., 60 illus. in color., online resource.
(Lecture Notes in Physics,0075-8450
; 861)
Electronic
Based on the lecture notes of a school titled 'Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics' that brought together students and researchers, this book focuses on the fundamental theories of tides at different scales of the universe-from tiny satellites to whole galaxies-and on the most recent developments. It also attempts to place the study of tides in a historical perspective. Starting with a general tutorial on tides, the theme of tides is approached in 9 chapters from many directions. They allow non-experts to pick up a physical intuition and a sense of orders of magnitude in the theory of tides. These carefully prepared lecture notes by leaders in the field include many illustrative figures and drawings. Some even offer a variety of simple back-of the-envelope problems.
Tides: A Tutorial -- Investigations of Tides From the Antiquity to Laplace -- Ocean Tides -- Precession and Nutation of the Earth -- Tidal Effects of Giant Planets on their Satellites -- Recent Developments in Planet Migration Theory -- Tides in Planetary Systems -- Stellar Tides -- Tides in Colliding Galaxies.?╗╣