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- catalog abstract "This volume presents Professor Cohen's original interpretation of the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science and set Newtonian science as the model for the highest level of achievement in other branches of science. It shows that Newton developed a special kind of relation between abstract mathematical constructs and the physical systems that we observe in the world around us by means of experiment and critical observation. The heart of the radical Newtonian style is the construction on the mind of a mathematical system that has some features in common with the physical world; this system was then modified when the deductions and conclusions drawn from it are tested against the physical universe. Using this system Newton was able to make his revolutionary innovations in celestial mechanics and, ultimately, create a new physics of central forces and the law of universal gravitation. Building on his analysis of Newton's methodology, Professor Cohen explores the fine structure of revolutionary change and scientific creativity in general. This is done by developing the concept of scientific change as a series of transformations of existing ideas. It is shown that such transformation is characteristic of many aspects of the sciences and that the concept of scientific change by transformation suggests a new way of examining the very nature of scientific creativity.".
- catalog contributor b1466469.
- catalog created "1980.".
- catalog date "1980".
- catalog date "1980.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1980.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [361]-395.".
- catalog description "This volume presents Professor Cohen's original interpretation of the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science and set Newtonian science as the model for the highest level of achievement in other branches of science. It shows that Newton developed a special kind of relation between abstract mathematical constructs and the physical systems that we observe in the world around us by means of experiment and critical observation. The heart of the radical Newtonian style is the construction on the mind of a mathematical system that has some features in common with the physical world; this system was then modified when the deductions and conclusions drawn from it are tested against the physical universe. Using this system Newton was able to make his revolutionary innovations in celestial mechanics and, ultimately, create a new physics of central forces and the law of universal gravitation. Building on his analysis of Newton's methodology, Professor Cohen explores the fine structure of revolutionary change and scientific creativity in general. This is done by developing the concept of scientific change as a series of transformations of existing ideas. It is shown that such transformation is characteristic of many aspects of the sciences and that the concept of scientific change by transformation suggests a new way of examining the very nature of scientific creativity.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Newtonian revolution and the Newtonian style. 1. The Newtonian revolution in science -- 2. Revolution in science and the Newtonian revolution as historical concepts -- 3. The Newtonian revolution and the Newtonian style -- pt. II. Transformations of scientific ideas. 4. The transformation of scientific ideas -- 5. Newton and Kepler's laws: stages of transformation leading toward universal gravitation.".
- catalog extent "xv, 404 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521229642".
- catalog issued "1980".
- catalog issued "1980.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "BB2515".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Principia.".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. Principia.".
- catalog subject "Physics History.".
- catalog subject "QC7 .C66".
- catalog subject "Science History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Newtonian revolution and the Newtonian style. 1. The Newtonian revolution in science -- 2. Revolution in science and the Newtonian revolution as historical concepts -- 3. The Newtonian revolution and the Newtonian style -- pt. II. Transformations of scientific ideas. 4. The transformation of scientific ideas -- 5. Newton and Kepler's laws: stages of transformation leading toward universal gravitation.".
- catalog title "The Newtonian revolution : with illustrations of the transformation of scientific ideas / I. Bernard Cohen.".
- catalog type "text".