Background
Taff, Laurence Gordon was born on February 5, 1947 in New York City. Son of Eli Milton and Sylvia Taff.
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Celestial Mechanics: A Computational Guide for the Practitioner
(An up-to-date, thorough treatment of the standard, planet...)
An up-to-date, thorough treatment of the standard, planetary aspects of celestial mechanics as well as the more modern problems of rockets and spacecraft. Sections on initial orbit determination, perturbation theory, and astrophysics are unique in their depth and scope. Fully worked numerical examples are included.
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Laurence Gordon Taff
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Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1967; Master of Arts, City College of New York, 1968; Phd, U. Rochester, 1973.
Career
Research associate department physics, U. Pittsburgh, 1973-1975; member technical staff Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 1975-1988; instrument scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, since 1988. Consultant David Herbert Wagner Associations, Paoli, Pennsylvania.
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Celestial Mechanics: A Computational Guide for the Practitioner
(An up-to-date, thorough treatment of the standard, planet...)
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Celestial Mechanics: A Computational Guide for the Practitioner
Membership
Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, International Astronomical Union.
Connections
Married Elaine Strauss, December 25, 1968 (divorced May 1978). Married Lois B. Feingold, March 21, 1982. 1 child, Matthew.
