The Cambridge Companion to NewtonRob Iliffe, George E. Smith Cambridge University Press, 29. mar. 2016 Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most famous for his Principia, his work on light and colour, and his discovery of the calculus, Newton devoted much more time to research in chemistry and alchemy, and to studying prophecy, church history and ancient chronology. This new edition of The Cambridge Companion to Newton provides authoritative introductions to these further dimensions of his endeavours as well as to many aspects of his physics. It includes a revised bibliography, a new introduction and six new chapters: three updating previous chapters on Newton's mathematics, his chemistry and alchemy and the reception of his religious views; and three entirely new, on his religion, his ancient chronology and the treatment of continuous and discontinuous forces in his second law of motion. |
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... London. It was undoubtedly because of this tract that Barrow recommended the youthful Newton to succeed him as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. Newton occupied this chair from 1669 until he formally resigned in 1701, five years after ...
... London. It was undoubtedly because of this tract that Barrow recommended the youthful Newton to succeed him as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. Newton occupied this chair from 1669 until he formally resigned in 1701, five years after ...
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... London savants could not answer: what curved path results from an inverse-square force directed toward a center? Newton is reported to have replied without any hesitation: the curve is an ellipse. Although he could not lay his hands on ...
... London savants could not answer: what curved path results from an inverse-square force directed toward a center? Newton is reported to have replied without any hesitation: the curve is an ellipse. Although he could not lay his hands on ...
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... London in spring of 1686, prompting a bitter dispute with Hooke, who claimed priority for the concept of an inverse-square solar force. Halley managed to keep Newton working in spite of the controversy, finally receiving Book 2 in March ...
... London in spring of 1686, prompting a bitter dispute with Hooke, who claimed priority for the concept of an inverse-square solar force. Halley managed to keep Newton working in spite of the controversy, finally receiving Book 2 in March ...
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... London, both contributed to the catastrophic breakdown that he experienced in late summer 1693. These troubles soon abated, however, and with the support of his patron and erstwhile Trinity colleague Charles Montagu, he was appointed ...
... London, both contributed to the catastrophic breakdown that he experienced in late summer 1693. These troubles soon abated, however, and with the support of his patron and erstwhile Trinity colleague Charles Montagu, he was appointed ...
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... London witnessed the development of a number of new schemes for making money, involving innovations in banking, insurance, stock-jobbing and debt purchase. The most important desideratum was to create mechanisms for raising money to ...
... London witnessed the development of a number of new schemes for making money, involving innovations in banking, insurance, stock-jobbing and debt purchase. The most important desideratum was to create mechanisms for raising money to ...
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