The annus mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton, 1666-1966 / edited by Robert Palter
1970, First Edition. Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #446419
ISBN: 0262160358
Physical description; viii, 351 pages illustrations, facsimiles, portraits 27 cm. Notes; Expanded and revised version of papers and discussion comments originally presented at a conference on Newtonian studies, held at the University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 10-12, 1966. Cf. Preface and dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; [1.] Newton's life and society: The lad from Lincolnshire / Frank E. Manuel -- Newton and his society / Christopher Hill -- [2.] Newton's scientific achievements: Newton and the theory of matter / A. Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall -- Sources and strengths of Newton's early mathematical thought / D.T. Whiteside -- Uneasily fitful reflections on fits of easy transmission / Richard S. Westfall -- Newton's and Leibniz' dynamics / Pierre Costabel (translated by J.M. Briggs, Jr.) -- Newton's achievements in dynamics / John Herivel -- Newton's second law and the concept of force in the Principia / I. Bernard Cohen -- Reactions of late baroque mechanics to success, conjecture, error, and failure in Newton's Principia / C. Truesdell -- Newtonian cosmology / E.L. Schücking -- [3.] Philosophical analysis of Newton's scientific achievements: Newton and the inductive method / Robert Palter -- Newtonian space-time / Howard Stein -- The philosophical significance of Newton's science / Dudley Shapere -- [4.] Newton's influence: The apotheosis of Newton in art / Francis Haskell -- Mechanical philosophy and hypothetical physiology / William Coleman -- The religious consequences of Newton's thought / John Herman Randall, Jr. Subjects; Newton, Isaac 1642-1727. Newton, Isaac Sir 1642-1727. Physics. CLASSICAL MECHANICS. SCIENTISTS. BIOGRAPHY. HISTORIES. Physicists Great Britain Biography ; Congresses. Physics Great Britain History Congresses.
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