Table of Contents

Preface 1 Introduction: Getting Started I Review of the Simulations 2 Kepler's Laws 3 Hodograph of the Velocity Vector 4 Satellites and Missiles 5 Active Maneuvers in Space Orbits 6 Precession of an Equatorial Orbit 7 Binary Star - the Two-Body Problem 8 Three-Body Systems 9 Many-Body Systems in Celestial Mechanics II The Simulated Phenomena 10 Phenomena and Concepts 11 Theoretical Background Glossary

About the Author

Eugene Butikov is a Professor of Physics at St Petersburg State University in Russia, where he teaches general physics, optics, quantum theory of solids and theory of oscillations. His research work is associated with solid state physics (quantum theory of electronic paramagnetic resonance, theory of Josephson effects in weak superconductivity) and theory of nonlinear oscillations. He has written several textbooks and handbooks on physics that are widely used in Russia, and is a co-author of the Concise Handbook of Mathematics and Physics, CRC Press, 1997. He devotes a lot of time and effort to developing interactive educational software for university-level physics students to investigate mathematical models of physical systems.