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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... light and color, 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 ...
... light and color, 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 ...
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... light of a single color. 309 A compound corpuscle of matter illustrating Newton's hierarchical conception of the structure of matter. 313 Contributors dOmeNIcO berTOlONImelI is a professor in the department of x list of figures.
... light of a single color. 309 A compound corpuscle of matter illustrating Newton's hierarchical conception of the structure of matter. 313 Contributors dOmeNIcO berTOlONImelI is a professor in the department of x list of figures.
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... light and the construction of the reflecting telescope emerged from a number of different ideas and approaches. These included theoretical speculations about the speed of globules constituting different colored lights, the anatomical ...
... light and the construction of the reflecting telescope emerged from a number of different ideas and approaches. These included theoretical speculations about the speed of globules constituting different colored lights, the anatomical ...
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... light and colors, including the invention of a reflecting telescope, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from 1672 to 1676. He was so embittered by the controversies that were engendered by these ...
... light and colors, including the invention of a reflecting telescope, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from 1672 to 1676. He was so embittered by the controversies that were engendered by these ...
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... light, and to almost no extent at all in the case of alchemy and chemistry, despite years of effort and hundreds of experiments. The important point, however, is that the depth of his commitment to having the empirical world settle ...
... light, and to almost no extent at all in the case of alchemy and chemistry, despite years of effort and hundreds of experiments. The important point, however, is that the depth of his commitment to having the empirical world settle ...
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