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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... problems with accepting the reality of universal gravitation were linked to criticisms of the new conception of theory that Newton offered. The standard view, accepted both by scholastic natural philosophy and the mechanical philosophy ...
... problems with accepting the reality of universal gravitation were linked to criticisms of the new conception of theory that Newton offered. The standard view, accepted both by scholastic natural philosophy and the mechanical philosophy ...
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... problems with the views of such authors. The research program that led to his discovery of the heterogeneity of white light and the construction of the reflecting telescope emerged from a number of different ideas and approaches. These ...
... problems with the views of such authors. The research program that led to his discovery of the heterogeneity of white light and the construction of the reflecting telescope emerged from a number of different ideas and approaches. These ...
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... problems, first identifying the core difficulty of the problem, then devising apparatus to surmount this difficulty, and finally seeing the further potential of this approach. Less widely recognized is the fact that Newton was among the ...
... problems, first identifying the core difficulty of the problem, then devising apparatus to surmount this difficulty, and finally seeing the further potential of this approach. Less widely recognized is the fact that Newton was among the ...
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... problem solver, taking on the challenge of specific unsolved problems. As remarked above, he had an uncanny knack for identifying the core difficulty of a problem and then devising means for overcoming it, often adapting ideas and ...
... problem solver, taking on the challenge of specific unsolved problems. As remarked above, he had an uncanny knack for identifying the core difficulty of a problem and then devising means for overcoming it, often adapting ideas and ...
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... Problems by Motion.”) He continued to extend his methods over the next thirty years, applying them to a growing range of problems. For Newton, however, the calculus was always a collection of interrelated methods for solving problems ...
... Problems by Motion.”) He continued to extend his methods over the next thirty years, applying them to a growing range of problems. For Newton, however, the calculus was always a collection of interrelated methods for solving problems ...
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