| Description |
xiv, 500 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-480) and index. |
| Contents |
Newton's philosophical analysis of space and time / Robert Disalle -- Newton's concepts of force and mass, with notes on the Laws of Motion / I. Bernard Cohen -- Curvature in Newton's dynamics / J. Bruce Brackenridge and Michael Nauenberg -- Methodology of the Principia / George E. Smith -- Newton's argument for universal gravitation / William Harper -- Newton and celestial mechanics / Curtis Wilson -- Newton's optics and atomism / Alan E. Shapiro -- Newton's metaphysics / Howard Stein -- Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work / Niccolò Guicciardini -- Newton, active powers, and the mechanical philosophy / Alan Gabbey -- Background to Newton's chymistry / William Newman -- Newton's alchemy / Karin Figala -- Newton on prophecy and the Apocalypse / Maurizio Mamiani -- Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity / Scott Mandelbrote -- Newton versus Leibniz : from geomentry to metaphysics / A. Rupert Hall -- Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Domenico Bertoloni Meli. |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. |
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Physics -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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Physics. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Physics -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Science -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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Science. |
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Science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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| Indexed Term |
Newton, Isaacc, Sir, 1642-1727. |
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Física Europa Historia Siglo XVII. |
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Física Europa Historia Siglo XVIII. |
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Cienica Europa Historia Siglo XVII. |
| Added Author |
Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003.
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Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
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| ISBN |
0521656966 paperback |
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0521651778 hardback |
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