Theories of Figures of Celestial Bodies

Theories of Figures of Celestial BodiesEverything in the universe rotates: the meteors, the asteroids, the planets and their satellites, the sun, the stars, the clusters and nebulae, even the galaxies themselves. The problem of the shape of a rotating body is therefore universal in astronomy. Its treatment in this book, which deals with the figures of equilibrium and distortions of rotating bodies, is full and rigorous. Suitable for upper level undergraduates and graduate students, this

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Freud was uniquely qualified to write this fascinating exploration of the nature of wit — including jokes and joking — and its role and function as a manifestation and vehicle of unconscious impulses

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and the subtle intensity and depth of compassion of its treatment of themes of innocence and purity