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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... motion along a line moved by a force in (above) and opposite to (below) the direction of motion. 134 3.11 The figure ... given arbitrary centripetal motion. 147 Uncovering the meaning of Newton's “sagitta” in Proposition 6. 163 Newton's ...
... motion along a line moved by a force in (above) and opposite to (below) the direction of motion. 134 3.11 The figure ... given arbitrary centripetal motion. 147 Uncovering the meaning of Newton's “sagitta” in Proposition 6. 163 Newton's ...
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... motion extending over many years. From the point of view of his contemporaries, Newton's theory consisted of a sequence of progressively more controversial claims: from the inverse-square centripetal acceleration of orbiting bodies to ...
... motion extending over many years. From the point of view of his contemporaries, Newton's theory consisted of a sequence of progressively more controversial claims: from the inverse-square centripetal acceleration of orbiting bodies to ...
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... motion, most notably uniform circular motion, that were undoubtedly provoked by his engagement with the ideas of Galileo and especially Descartes (from whom, among much else, he learned the law of inertia). It was also during this early ...
... motion, most notably uniform circular motion, that were undoubtedly provoked by his engagement with the ideas of Galileo and especially Descartes (from whom, among much else, he learned the law of inertia). It was also during this early ...
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... motion.”11 This means that there is a real difference between motion and rest in the same absolute place over time ... given space, their motions in relation to one another are the same whether the space is at rest or whether it is moving ...
... motion.”11 This means that there is a real difference between motion and rest in the same absolute place over time ... given space, their motions in relation to one another are the same whether the space is at rest or whether it is moving ...
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... motion is. An empirical distinction between absolute and relative motion first appears when we move from the ... circular motion,” or centrifugal forces.15 “For in purely relative circular motion these forces are null, while in true and ...
... motion is. An empirical distinction between absolute and relative motion first appears when we move from the ... circular motion,” or centrifugal forces.15 “For in purely relative circular motion these forces are null, while in true and ...
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