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Subject: Re: Book information
From: Paul Hirose (paulhirose@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Aug 13 2001 - 13:34:33 EDT
Aubrey O'Callaghan wrote:
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> 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@XXX.XXX (Paul Hirose)
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