Let Newton be!
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Let Newton be!
Oxford University Press, 1988
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書
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Bibliography: p. [249]-259
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780198539247
Description
The work of historians has recently uncovered the great variety of Newton's work from mathematics to theology, from mechanics to music and from optics to alchemy. A major theme of this book is to explore these diverse facets and to show through examining our knowledge of their social context how they were all components of one person's work. The book assesses how Newton came to influence posterity so profoundly.
Table of Contents
- Newton's success, Derek Gjertsen
- Newton's "Principia", John Roche
- Newton's mathematical work, Jon Pepper
- Newton's optics - the changing spectrum of science, Casper Hakfoort
- the harmonic roots of Newtonian science, Penelope Gouk
- Newton, matter and magic, John Henry
- the secret life of an alchemist, Jan Golinski
- the God of Isaac Newton, John Brooke
- Newton and the wisdom of the ancients, Piyo Rattansi
- anti-Newton, Geoffrey Cantor
- Newton as national hero, Maureen McNeil
- Newton and the twentieth century - a personal view, Sir Hermann Bondi.
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: pbk ISBN 9780198539377
Description
The work of historians has recently uncovered the great variety of Newton's work from mathematics to theology, from mechanics to music and from optics to alchemy. A major theme of this book is to explore these diverse facets and to show through examining our knowledge of their social context how they were all components of one person's work. The book assesses how Newton came to influence posterity so profoundly.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Derek Gjertsen: Newton's success
- John Roche: Newton's Principia
- Jon Pepper: Newton's mathematical work
- Casper Hakfoort: Newton's optics: the changing spectrum of science
- Penelope Gouk: The harmonic roots of Newtonian science
- John Henry: Newton, matter, and magic
- Jan Golinski: The secret life of an alchemist
- John Brooke: The God of Isaac Newton
- Piyo Rattansi: Newton and the wisdom of the ancients
- Geoffrey Cantor: Anti-Newton
- Maureen McNeil: Newton as a national hero
- Sir Hermann Bondi: Newton and the twentieth century - a personal view
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