Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy
Title | Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Jed Z. Buchwald |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780262524254 |
Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development of his mathematical philosophy, rational mechanics, and celestial dynamics. An appendix includes the last paper written by Newton biographer Richard S. Westfall.
Isaac Newton and Natural Philosophy
Title | Isaac Newton and Natural Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Niccolò Guicciardini |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2018-02-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1780239483 |
Isaac Newton is one of the greatest scientists in history, yet the spectrum of his interests was much broader than that of most contemporary scientists. In fact, Newton would have defined himself not as a scientist, but as a natural philosopher. He was deeply involved in alchemical, religious, and biblical studies, and in the later part of his life he played a prominent role in British politics, economics, and the promotion of scientific research. Newton’s pivotal work Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which sets out his laws of universal gravitation and motion, is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of science. Niccolò Guicciardini’s enlightening biography offers an accessible introduction both to Newton’s celebrated research in mathematics, optics, mechanics, and astronomy and to how Newton viewed these scientific fields in relation to his quest for the deepest secrets of the universe, matter theory and religion. Guicciardini sets Newton the natural philosopher in the troubled context of the religious and political debates ongoing during Newton’s life, a life spanning the English Civil Wars, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, and the Hanoverian succession. Incorporating the latest Newtonian scholarship, this fast-paced biography broadens our perception of both this iconic figure and the great scientific revolution of the early modern period.
“The main Business of natural Philosophy”
Title | “The main Business of natural Philosophy” PDF eBook |
Author | Steffen Ducheyne |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2011-10-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9400721269 |
In this monograph, Steffen Ducheyne provides a historically detailed and systematically rich explication of Newton’s methodology. Throughout the pages of this book, it will be shown that Newton developed a complex natural-philosophical methodology which encompasses procedures to minimize inductive risk during the process of theory formation and which, thereby, surpasses a standard hypothetico-deductive methodological setting. Accordingly, it will be highlighted that the so-called ‘Newtonian Revolution’ was not restricted to the empirical and theoretical dimensions of science, but applied equally to the methodological dimension of science. Furthermore, it will be documented that Newton’s methodology was far from static and that it developed alongside with his scientific work. Attention will be paid not only to the successes of Newton’s innovative methodology, but equally to its tensions and limitations. Based on a thorough study of Newton’s extant manuscripts, this monograph will address and contextualize, inter alia, Newton’s causal realism, his views on action at a distance and space and time, the status of efficient causation in the /Principia/, the different phases of his methodology, his treatment of force and the constituents of the physico-mathematical models in the context of Book I of the /Principia/, the analytic part of the argument for universal gravitation, the meaning and significance of his regulae philosophandi, the methodological differences between his mechanical and optical work, and, finally, the interplay between Newton’s theology and his natural philosophy.
Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World
Title | Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Newton |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 714 |
Release | 2022-05-27 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0520364252 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1934.
Newton's Philosophy of Nature
Title | Newton's Philosophy of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Isaac Newton |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2012-08-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0486170276 |
A wide, accessible representation of the interests, problems, and philosophic issues that preoccupied the great 17th-century scientist, this collection is grouped according to methods, principles, and theological considerations. 1953 edition.
Newton's Principia
Title | Newton's Principia PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Newton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | Celestial mechanics |
ISBN |
The Principia
Title | The Principia PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Newton |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-07-05 |
Genre | Celestial mechanics |
ISBN | 9781490592152 |
Newton's Principia by Sir Isaac Newton is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This publication was produced from a professional scan of an original edition of the book, which can include imperfections from the original book or through the scanning process, and has been created from an edition which we consider to be of the best possible quality available. This popular classic work by Sir Isaac Newton is in the English language. Newton's Principia is highly recommended for those who enjoy the works of Sir Isaac Newton, and for those discovering the works of Sir Isaac Newton for the first time.