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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... law of motion. robiliffe is Professor of History of Science at the University of Oxford. george e. smith is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Other Volumes in The Series of Cambridge Companions AbelArd Edited FM.
... law of motion. robiliffe is Professor of History of Science at the University of Oxford. george e. smith is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Other Volumes in The Series of Cambridge Companions AbelArd Edited FM.
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... force and mass, with notes on the laws of motion i. bernard cohen 3 Instantaneous impulse and continuous force: the foundations of Newton's Principia bruce pourciau 4 The methodology of the Principia george e. smith 5 Newton's argument ...
... force and mass, with notes on the laws of motion i. bernard cohen 3 Instantaneous impulse and continuous force: the foundations of Newton's Principia bruce pourciau 4 The methodology of the Principia george e. smith 5 Newton's argument ...
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... motions produced by impulsive forces. 71 The area law for uniform rectilinear motion. 76 Newton's polygonal path (from the first edition of the Principia, 1687). 77 The trajectory of a moving body that has received a blow or has been ...
... motions produced by impulsive forces. 71 The area law for uniform rectilinear motion. 76 Newton's polygonal path (from the first edition of the Principia, 1687). 77 The trajectory of a moving body that has received a blow or has been ...
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... law for motion along a line moved by a force in (above) and opposite to (below) the direction of motion. 134 3.11 The figure, redrawn with our notation, used in the Principia to illustrate the motion of a body projected along the line ...
... law for motion along a line moved by a force in (above) and opposite to (below) the direction of motion. 134 3.11 The figure, redrawn with our notation, used in the Principia to illustrate the motion of a body projected along the line ...
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... law of motion in all editions of the Principia appears to limit it to discrete forces, and this is consistent with such initial applications of it as the first corollary to the laws of motion and Propositions 1 and 2; on the other hand ...
... law of motion in all editions of the Principia appears to limit it to discrete forces, and this is consistent with such initial applications of it as the first corollary to the laws of motion and Propositions 1 and 2; on the other hand ...
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