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Battin, Richard H.
An introduction to the mathematics and methods of astrodynamics / Richard H. Battin. Rev. ed.
p. cm. (AIAA education series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Astrodynamics Mathematics.
I. Title. II. Series.
TL1050.B35 1999
629.4'11 dc21 99-13266

(alk. paper)

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About the Author

Richard H. Battin
December 17, 1998

Richard H. Battin received an S.B. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1945 and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 1951 both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He retired in 1987 from The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. and is now...