The Cambridge companion to Newton / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith. [electronic reso...
The Cambridge companion to Newton / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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English
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1 online resource (xiv, 500 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
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...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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England
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
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, mec...
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The Cambridge companion to Newton / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions to philosophy
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-480) and index.
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English
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74VKVw6VDg5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6VDg5A
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ISBN
0-511-04810-6
1-139-81604-7
0-511-99860-0
0-511-17640-6
0-511-04047-4
0-511-15722-3
0-511-32554-1
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530/.092
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991023962507702626