If you're curious about the historical details of the various "solutions" of the three-body problem (prior to 1996), then there's an excellent book for the laym

If you're curious about the historical details of the various "solutions" of the three-body problem (prior to 1996), then there's an excellent book for the layman, titled Poincare and the Three Body Problem by June Barrow-Green. http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bks&q=Poincare+and+the+Three+Body+Problem&fq=dt%3Abks http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bks&q=Poincar...