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Re: Book information
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2001 Aug 13, 11:35 AM
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2001 Aug 13, 11:35 AM
Aubrey O'Callaghan wrote: > > A few months the title of a book containing many astronomical equations > suitable for programing calculators was listed. You're probably thinking of one of Meeus' books. Willmann-Bell publishes and sells them: http://www.willbell.com/math/index.htm Astronomical Formulae for Calculators is an old (by computer standards) classic. Has gone through several editions. Astronomical Algorithms came along later and is basically a superset of his earlier book. It includes some more elaborate and accurate computations more suitable for a computer than a calculator. A second edition came out in 1999. WATCH OUT: I've got a first printing of the first edition of Astronomical Algorithms. It has numerous typos in critical places. Years ago I saw a list of errata on-line and have made pencil corrections in my copy. -- paulhirose@earthlink.net (Paul Hirose)