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Title:

The Cambridge companion to Newton / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xiv, 500 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Newton, Isaac,--Sir,--1642-1727,
Physics--Europe--History--17th century.
Physics--Europe--History--18th century.
Science--Europe--History--17th century.
Science--Europe--History--18th century.

Other Authors:

Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-480) and index.

Contents:

Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Domenico Bertoloni Meli. 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 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 -- Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work / Niccolò Guicciardini -- Newton, active powers, and the mechanical philosophy / Alan Gabbey -- Background to Newton's chymistry / William Newman -- Newton's alchemy / Karin Figala -- Newton on prophecy and the Apocalypse / Maurizio Mamiani -- Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity / Scott Mandelbrote -- Newton versus Leibniz : from geomentry to metaphysics / A. Rupert Hall -- Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence / Domenico Bertoloni Meli.

ISBN:

9780521656962 (paperback)
0521656966 (paperback)
9780521651776 (hardback)
0521651778 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47221828
(OCoLC)49834329

LCCN:

2001037836

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word Seminary - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)