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The Cambridge Companion to Sir Isaac Newton PHILOSOPHY, Science, history

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ISBN
9780521656962
Publication Name
Cambridge Companion to Newton
Item Length
9in
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy Ser.
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1in
Author
George E. Smith
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Number of Pages
516 Pages

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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 the natural sciences. In this volume a team of distinguished contributors examine all the main aspects of Newton's thought, including not only his approach to space, time, mechanics, and universal gravity in his Principia, his research in optics, and his contributions to mathematics, but also his more clandestine investigations into alchemy, theology, and prophecy, which have sometimes been overshadowed by his mathematical and scientific interests.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521656966
ISBN-13
9780521656962
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1928824

Product Key Features

Author
George E. Smith
Publication Name
Cambridge Companion to Newton
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy Ser.
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
516 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Qc16.N7 C35 2002
Reviews
'The quality of the scholarship is consistently high and often illuminating ... There is a very well organized bibliography, offering an excellent guide for further study ... this volume is consciously aimed at distinguishing Newton from the legend, and it does so admirably.'British Journal for the History of Philosophy, '… the quality of the scholarship is consistently high and often illuminating … there is a very well organized bibliography, offering an excellent guide for further study … This volume is consciously aimed at distinguishing Newton from the legend, and it does so admirably.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy, "A worthy addition to the already rich and diverse Cambridge Companion series, this new multi-authored work provides a valuable tool for historians, philosophers, and theologians who study Newton's massive literary output and incalculable impact on the modern world." ISIS, "The contributors have produced sixteen well-written and admirably focused chapters.... Good index; excellent selective and intelligently organized bibliography. This book splendidly has met its goals. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." Choice, 'The quality of the scholarship is consistently high and often illuminating ... There is a very well organized bibliography, offering an excellent guide for further study ... this volume is consciously aimed at distinguishing Newton from the legend, and it does so admirably.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy, ‘… the quality of the scholarship is consistently high and often illuminating … there is a very well organized bibliography, offering an excellent guide for further study … This volume is consciously aimed at distinguishing Newton from the legend, and it does so admirably.’British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Table of Content
List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction I. Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith; 1. Newton's philosophical analysis of space and time Robert DiSalle; 2. Newton's concepts of force and mass, with notes on the Laws of Motion I. Bernard Cohen; 3. Curvature in Newton's dynamics J. Bruce Brackenridge and Michael Nauenberg; 4. The methodology of the Principia George E. Smith; 5. Newton's argument for universal gravitation William Harper; 6. Newton and celestial mechanics Curtis Wilson; 7. Newton's optics and atomism Alan E. Shapiro; 8. Newton's metaphysics Howard Stein; 9. Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work Niccolò Guicciardini; 10. Newton, active powers and the mechanical philosophy Alan Gabbey; 11. The background to Newton's chemistry William Newman; 12. Newton's alchemy Karin Figala; 13. Newton on prophecy and the Apocalypse Maurizio Mamiani; 14. Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity Scott Mandelbrote; 15. Newton versus Leibniz: from geometry to metaphysics A. Rupert Hall; 16. Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence Domenico Bertoloni Meli; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
History & Surveys / Modern, History, Physics / General, Science & Technology
Lccn
2001-037836
Dewey Decimal
530.092
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, Philosophy

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