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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Getting Started with Matlab -- 1.1. Windows and Editor -- 1.2. Script and Live Coding Options -- 1.3. Using the App Coding Tools -- 1.4. App Examples -- Chapter 2. Apps for Stars -- 2.1. Gravitational Clumping -- 2.2. Neutrons and Protons -- 2.3. Solar Hydrogen and Helium -- 2.4. Protostars - Star Formation -- 2.5. Constant Density "Star" -- 2.6. Solar Temperature and Color -- 2.7. Star ODE -- 2.8. Polytropic Star Model -- 2.9. BVP for the Sun -- 2.10. Magnetic Bottle -- 2.11. Fusion on Earth -- Chapter 3. Stellar Evolution -- 3.1. Stellar Pulsations -- 3.2. Pressure -- 3.3. White Dwarf -- 3.4. Stellar Pressure - Relativistic -- 3.5. White Dwarf - Gravitational Radiation -- 3.6. Neutron Star, Pulsar -- 3.7. The "Chirp" -- 3.8. Gravitational Antenna -- 3.9. Radial and Circular Geodesics -- 3.10. General Geodesic Motion -- 3.11. Geodesic Motion in a Kerr Metric -- Chapter 4. Apps for Solar Exploration -- 4.1. Eccentric Kepler -- 4.2. Time Orbits -- 4.3. Energy Orbits -- 4.4. Perihelion Advance -- 4.5. Simple Rocket - Symbolic -- 4.6. Rocket on Earth - Saturn 5 -- 4.7. Rocket with Air Drag -- 4.8. Two-stage Rocket -- 4.9. Docking -- 4.10. Lunar Lander -- 4.11. Earth's Atmosphere -- 4.12. Mach Cone -- 4.13. Re-entry - Atmosphere -- 4.14. The Space Elevator -- 4.15. The Rail Gun -- 4.16. Tides and Moons -- 4.17. Lagrange Points -- 4.18. Planetary Perturbations -- 4.19. Mars-Earth - Transfer Orbit -- 4.20. Jupiter Gravity Assist -- Chapter 5. Apps for Star Treks -- 5.1. Planets and Stellar Wobble -- 5.2. Brute Force Approach -- 5.3. Light Pressure - Sailing -- 5.4. Ion Exhaust -- 5.5. Ramjet -- 5.6. Time Dilation -- 5.7. Relativistic Rocket - g -- 5.8. Relativistic Rocket - Fuel -- 5.9. Energy and Power Issues -- 5.10. Other Possibilities -- 5.11. Conclusions.