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When we finally meet the Martians, John Conway believes they are going to want to talk mathematics.

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March 2008
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In the last issue Lewis Dartnell explained how chaos on the brain is not only unavoidable but also beneficial. Now he tells us why the same is true for our solar system and sends us on a journey that has been travelled by comets and spacecraft.

Tags: space exploration : gravity : chaos : astronomy : dynamical system : calculus : physics : Newton : Euler : Copernicus : 3-body problem : Analysis : Lagrange Point : Manifold : centripetal force : Lagrange : Poincare : Interplanetary Superhighway


Tags: space exploration : three body problem : Lagrange Point : celestial mechanics : satellite


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Has the precious cargo of the crashed Genesis mission survived to tell us about the origins of our solar system?

Tags: astronomy : three body problem : Lagrange Point