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- catalog abstract "Building upon his pioneering investigation of the colors of thin films, Isaac Newton developed two influential theories, one on the structure of matter, explaining the colors of bodies, and the other on fits, describing the periodicity of light. Professor Alan Shapiro, editor of The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton, recounts the development of these theories based on his study of Newton's unpublished manuscripts, and analyzes their experimental foundation. He also shows the essential role that Newton's philosophy of science played in the formulation and reception of these theories. The second part of the book describes a vigorous dispute over Newton's theory of colored bodies waged by physicists and chemists for nearly fifty years, from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Professor Shapiro's analysis of this previously unknown dispute and of the reasons for the chemists' attack on Newton's theory illuminates the nature and relation of physics and chemistry during this seminal period of their development.".
- catalog contributor b3960149.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Building upon his pioneering investigation of the colors of thin films, Isaac Newton developed two influential theories, one on the structure of matter, explaining the colors of bodies, and the other on fits, describing the periodicity of light. Professor Alan Shapiro, editor of The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton, recounts the development of these theories based on his study of Newton's unpublished manuscripts, and analyzes their experimental foundation. He also shows the essential role that Newton's philosophy of science played in the formulation and reception of these theories.".
- catalog description "Frequently cited writings by Newton -- pt. I. Physics and Method: Newton's Theories of Colored Bodies and Fits. 1. Historical and philosophical background. 1.1. Introduction, historiographical and historical. 1.2. Hypotheses and the guest for certainty. 1.3. Transduction. 2. Newton's rings. 2.1. Newton, Hooke, and the colors of thin films. 2.2. Observations of Newton's rings. 2.3. The hypothesis of aethereal vibrations. 2.4. Describing Newton's rings: The nomograph. 3. The colors of natural bodies. 3.1. Boyle's considerations and Hooke's hypothesis. 3.2. Newton's phenomenological theory. 3.3. Newton's analogical theory. 3.4. No rational doubts. 4. The theory of fits. 4.1. Completing the Opticks. 4.2. The colors of thick plates. 4.3. From vibrations to fits. 4.4. The formal theory. 4.5. Conclusion and historical postscript -- pt. II. Physics and Chemistry: The Theory of Colored Bodies, the Chemists' Revolt, and Absorption Spectroscopy. 5. The glory years: 1704-1777.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-390) and index.".
- catalog description "The second part of the book describes a vigorous dispute over Newton's theory of colored bodies waged by physicists and chemists for nearly fifty years, from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Professor Shapiro's analysis of this previously unknown dispute and of the reasons for the chemists' attack on Newton's theory illuminates the nature and relation of physics and chemistry during this seminal period of their development.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 400 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521405076".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "535/.12 20".
- catalog subject "Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.".
- catalog subject "Color History.".
- catalog subject "Interference (Light) History.".
- catalog subject "Light, Corpuscular theory of History.".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Opticks.".
- catalog subject "Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. Opticks.".
- catalog subject "QC402 .S53 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "Frequently cited writings by Newton -- pt. I. Physics and Method: Newton's Theories of Colored Bodies and Fits. 1. Historical and philosophical background. 1.1. Introduction, historiographical and historical. 1.2. Hypotheses and the guest for certainty. 1.3. Transduction. 2. Newton's rings. 2.1. Newton, Hooke, and the colors of thin films. 2.2. Observations of Newton's rings. 2.3. The hypothesis of aethereal vibrations. 2.4. Describing Newton's rings: The nomograph. 3. The colors of natural bodies. 3.1. Boyle's considerations and Hooke's hypothesis. 3.2. Newton's phenomenological theory. 3.3. Newton's analogical theory. 3.4. No rational doubts. 4. The theory of fits. 4.1. Completing the Opticks. 4.2. The colors of thick plates. 4.3. From vibrations to fits. 4.4. The formal theory. 4.5. Conclusion and historical postscript -- pt. II. Physics and Chemistry: The Theory of Colored Bodies, the Chemists' Revolt, and Absorption Spectroscopy. 5. The glory years: 1704-1777.".
- catalog title "Fits, passions, and paroxysms : physics, method, and chemistry and Newton's theories of colored bodies and fits of easy reflection / Alan E. Shapiro.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".