Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy
Title Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy PDF eBook
Author Paul B. Scheurer
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 406
Release 2012-12-06
Genre History
ISBN 9400928092

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This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Colloqui um "Newton's Scientific and Philosophical Legacy", that was held at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) from June 9th to 12th 1987 to celebrate the Tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Philo sophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1667). Although 1987 was a busy year for Newton scholars, we were happy that five of most prom inent among them were able to come to Nijmegen and speak on the vari ous aspects of Newton's thought. They are the Professors I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard), Gale Christianson (Indiana State), B.J. Dobbs (Northwestern), Richard H. Popkin (UCLA) and Mordechai Feingold (Boston University). No doubt, recent scholarship has put Newton's genius in a quite different perspective from the one that had come to make up what may be called Newtonian mythology. Although his achievements in the areas of mechanics, mathematics, and optics remain indisputed, Newton's scientific efforts were apparently entirely subordi nate to his religious beliefs. This volume has been divided into four parts, preceded by a Pream ble in which Prof. Christianson offers a vivid portrait of Newton as a per son. The first part deals with the science of Newton as he himself under stood that term. The second part considers the influence of Newton's work on later scientific developments. The third part deals primarily with the question of the methodological influence of Newton, and the last part with his more philosophical legacy. Two editorial remarks are due.

Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings

Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings
Title Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings PDF eBook
Author Isaac Newton
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 194
Release 2004-11-18
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9780521538480

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This volume collects together Newton's principal philosophical writings for the first time.

Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World

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 Sir Isaac Newton
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 714
Release 2023-11-15
Genre Science
ISBN 0520321723

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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.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook
Author Hugh Chisholm
Publisher
Pages 1090
Release 1910
Genre Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN

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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy
Title Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy PDF eBook
Author Paul B. Scheurer
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 406
Release 1988-07-31
Genre History
ISBN 9789024737239

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This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Colloqui­ um "Newton's Scientific and Philosophical Legacy", that was held at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) from June 9th to 12th 1987 to celebrate the Tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Philo­ sophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1667). Although 1987 was a busy year for Newton scholars, we were happy that five of most prom­ inent among them were able to come to Nijmegen and speak on the vari­ ous aspects of Newton's thought. They are the Professors I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard), Gale Christianson (Indiana State), B. J. Dobbs (Northwestern), Richard H. Popkin (UCLA) and Mordechai Feingold (Boston University). No doubt, recent scholarship has put Newton's genius in a quite different perspective from the one that had come to make up what may be called Newtonian mythology. Although his achievements in the areas of mechanics, mathematics, and optics remain indisputed, Newton's scientific efforts were apparently entirely subordi­ nate to his religious beliefs. This volume has been divided into four parts, preceded by a Pream­ ble in which Prof. Christianson offers a vivid portrait of Newton as a per­ son. The first part deals with the science of Newton as he himself under­ stood that term. The second part considers the influence of Newton's work on later scientific developments. The third part deals primarily with the question of the methodological influence of Newton, and the last part with his more philosophical legacy. Two editorial remarks are due.

Isaac Newton and Natural Philosophy

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

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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.

Practical Matter

Practical Matter
Title Practical Matter PDF eBook
Author Margaret C. Jacob
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 212
Release 2006-09-01
Genre Science
ISBN 0674039033

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Margaret Jacob and Larry Stewart examine the profound transformation that began in 1687. From the year when Newton published his Principia to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, science gradually became central to Western thought and economic development. The book aims at a general audience and examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application. By the mid-eighteenth century the new science had achieved ascendancy, and the race was on to apply Newtonian mechanics to industry and manufacturing. They end the story with the temple to scientific and technological progress that was the Crystal Palace exhibition. Choosing their examples carefully, Jacob and Stewart show that there was nothing preordained or inevitable about the centrality awarded to science. "It is easy to forget that science might have been stillborn, or remained the esoteric knowledge of court elites. Instead, for better and for worse, science became a centerpiece of Western culture."