Reading the Principia the Debate on Newton...

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Volume on the interpretation of Newton's Principia.

Über den Autor

Niccolò Guicciardini holds degrees in physics and philosophy awarded by the Università degli Studi di Milano. His Ph.D. thesis in the history of mathematics was written under the supervision of Ivor Grattan-Guinness at Middlesex Polytechnic and was published by Cambridge University Press in 1989 as The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800. He is Co-Editor in Chief of Historia Mathematica and is a recipient of the Sarton Medal for 2011-2012, awarded by the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Purpose of this book; Part I. Newton's Methods: 2. Newton's methods of series and fluxions; 3. The mathematical methods of the Principia; Part II. Three Readers: 4. Newton: between tradition and innovation; 5. Huygens: the Principia and proportion theory; 6. Leibniz: not equivalent in practice; Part III. Two Schools: 7. Britain: in the wake of the Principia; 8. Basel: challenging the Principia; 9. Conclusion: Newtonians, Leibnizians and Eulerians; References.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Importe , Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521544030
ISBN-10:	0521544033
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Guicciardini, Niccolo
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	246 x 189 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Niccolo Guicciardini
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.10.2003
Gewicht:	0,57 kg