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- catalog abstract "Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) 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. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Physics Europe History 17th century, Physics Europe History 18th century, Science Europe History 17th century, Science Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog alternative "Cambridge companions online. net".
- catalog alternative "Companion to Newton".
- catalog alternative "Newton".
- catalog contributor b12553773.
- catalog contributor b12553774.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-480) and index.".
- catalog description "Newton's philosophical analysis of space and time / Robert Disalle -- Newton's concepts of force and mass, with notes on the Laws of Motion / I. Bernard Cohen -- Curvature in Newton's dynamics / J. Bruce Brackenridge and Michael Nauenberg -- Methodology of the Principia / George E. Smith -- Newton's argument for universal gravitation / William Harper -- Newton and celestial mechanics / Curtis Wilson -- Newton's optics and atomism / Alan E. Shapiro -- Newton's metaphysics / Howard Stein -- Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work / Niccolò Guicciardini -- Newton, active powers, and the mechanical philosophy / Alan Gabbey -- Background to Newton's chymistry / William Newman -- Newton's alchemy / Karin Figala -- Newton on prophecy and the Apocalypse / Maurizio Mamiani -- Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity / Scott Mandelbrote -- Newton versus Leibniz : from geomentry to metaphysics / A. Rupert Hall -- Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Domenico Bertoloni Meli.".
- catalog description "Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) 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. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Physics Europe History 17th century, Physics Europe History 18th century, Science Europe History 17th century, Science Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 500 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521651778 (hardback)".
- catalog identifier "0521656966 (paperback)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog subject "530/.092 21".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727.".
- catalog subject "Physics Europe History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Physics Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "QC16.N7 C35 2002".
- catalog subject "Science Europe History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Science Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Newton's philosophical analysis of space and time / Robert Disalle -- Newton's concepts of force and mass, with notes on the Laws of Motion / I. Bernard Cohen -- Curvature in Newton's dynamics / J. Bruce Brackenridge and Michael Nauenberg -- Methodology of the Principia / George E. Smith -- Newton's argument for universal gravitation / William Harper -- Newton and celestial mechanics / Curtis Wilson -- Newton's optics and atomism / Alan E. Shapiro -- Newton's metaphysics / Howard Stein -- Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work / Niccolò Guicciardini -- Newton, active powers, and the mechanical philosophy / Alan Gabbey -- Background to Newton's chymistry / William Newman -- Newton's alchemy / Karin Figala -- Newton on prophecy and the Apocalypse / Maurizio Mamiani -- Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity / Scott Mandelbrote -- Newton versus Leibniz : from geomentry to metaphysics / A. Rupert Hall -- Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Domenico Bertoloni Meli.".
- catalog title "Companion to Newton".
- catalog title "Newton".
- catalog title "The Cambridge companion to Newton / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".