An engaging introduction to the critical tools needed to design and evaluate engineering systems that must operate reliably in uncertain environments. It includes over 100 worked examples and over 300 end-of-chapter problems, with worked solutions to half provided in the book and the remaining solutions available online for instructors.
An engaging introduction to the critical tools needed to design and evaluate engineering systems that must operate reliably in uncertain environments. It includes over 100 worked examples and over 300 end-of-chapter problems, with worked solutions to half provided in the book and the remaining solutions available online for instructors.
Ronald Stoyan is Editor-in-Chief of Interstellarum and the proprietor of the independent German publisher Oculum-Verlag, which specialises in amateur astronomy books. He is the founding director of the German deep-sky organisation 'Fachgruppe Deep-Sky' and has authored or co-authored nine books on practical astronomy, including Atlas of the Messier Objects and The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas.
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Foreword Using this book Part I. Introduction: Cometary beliefs and fears Comets in art Comets in literature and poetry Comets in science Cometary science today Great comets in antiquity Great comets of the Middle Ages Part II. The 30 Greatest Comets of Modern Times: The Great Comet of 1471 Comet Halley 1531 The Great Comet of 1556 The Great Comet of 1577 Comet Halley, 1607 The Great Comet of 1618 The Great Comet of 1664 Comet Kirch, 1680 Comet Halley, 1682 The Great Comet of 1744 Comet Halley, 1759 Comet Messier, 1769 Comet Flaugergues, 1811 Comet Halley, 1835 The Great March Comet of 1843 Comet Donati, 1858 Comet Tebbutt, 1861 The Great September Comet of 1882 The Great January Comet of 1910 Comet Halley, 1910 Comet Arend-Roland, 1956 Comet Ikeya-Seki, 1965 Comet Bennett, 1970 Comet Kohoutek, 1973-4 Comet West, 1976 Comet Halley, 1986 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, 1994 Comet Hyakutake, 1996 Comet Hale-Bopp, 1997 Comet McNaught, 2007 Part III. Appendices Table of comet data Glossary References Photo credits Index.
Foreword Using this book Part I. Introduction: Cometary beliefs and fears Comets in art Comets in literature and poetry Comets in science Cometary science today Great comets in antiquity Great comets of the Middle Ages Part II. The 30 Greatest Comets of Modern Times: The Great Comet of 1471 Comet Halley 1531 The Great Comet of 1556 The Great Comet of 1577 Comet Halley, 1607 The Great Comet of 1618 The Great Comet of 1664 Comet Kirch, 1680 Comet Halley, 1682 The Great Comet of 1744 Comet Halley, 1759 Comet Messier, 1769 Comet Flaugergues, 1811 Comet Halley, 1835 The Great March Comet of 1843 Comet Donati, 1858 Comet Tebbutt, 1861 The Great September Comet of 1882 The Great January Comet of 1910 Comet Halley, 1910 Comet Arend-Roland, 1956 Comet Ikeya-Seki, 1965 Comet Bennett, 1970 Comet Kohoutek, 1973-4 Comet West, 1976 Comet Halley, 1986 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, 1994 Comet Hyakutake, 1996 Comet Hale-Bopp, 1997 Comet McNaught, 2007 Part III. Appendices Table of comet data Glossary References Photo credits Index.
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