MacLaurin's physical dissertations
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MacLaurin's physical dissertations
(Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences)
Springer, c2007
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Includes bibliographic references (p. [211]-216) and index
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Description
This book presents important works by the Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746), translated in English for the first time. It includes three of the mathematician's less known and often hard to obtain works. A general introduction puts the works in context and gives an outline of MacLaurin's career. Each translation is also accompanied by an introduction and analyzed both in modern terms and from a historical point of view.
Table of Contents
General Introduction.- General Introduction.- MacLaurin on Gravity.- to Part I.- Translation of MacLaurin's Dissertation.- MacLaurin on Collisions.- to Part II.- Translation of MacLaurin's Essay.- MacLaurin on the Tides.- to Part III.- Translation of MacLaurin's Essay.
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