The Cambridge companion to Newton / edited by Rob Iliffe, University of Oxford, George E. Smith, Tufts University.
| Other author | Iliffe, Rob, editor. |
| Other author | Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xviii, 637 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Rob Iliffe and George E. Smith -- 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 -- Instantaneious impulse and continuous force: the foundation of Newton's Principia -- The 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 -- A brief introduction to the mathematical work of Isaac Newton / Niccolò Guicciardini -- Newton, active powers, and the mechanical philosophy / Alan Gabbey -- A preliminary reassessment of Newton's alchemy / William R. Newman -- The religiou of Isaac Newton / Rob Iliffe -- Isaac Newton, historian / Mordechai Feingold -- Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity / Scott Mandelbrote -- Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Domenico Bertoloni Meli -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2015040735 |
| ISBN | 9781107601741 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1107601746 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781107015463 |
| ISBN | 1107015464 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QC16 .N7 C35 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |