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When Exactly Will the Eclipse Happen? A Multimillennium Tale of Computation

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Deciphering the Three-Body Problem in Celestial Mechanics

Exploring the historical attempts to solve the three-body problem in celestial mechanics, from parameterizations in the 1700s to the insightful potential of the analytical engine mentioned by Ada Lovelace. Highlighting challenges in making long-term predictions, the chapter discusses the evolution towards numerical functions and contributions of mathematicians like George Hill and Ernest W. Brown.

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