牛顿作品集(诺顿英国文学评论系列) Newton

分類: 图书,进口原版书,文学 Literature,
作者: I. Bernard Cohen著
出 版 社: 华文出版社
出版时间: 1995-12-1字数:版次: 1页数: 436印刷时间: 1996/11/01开本:印次:纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780393959024包装: 平装内容简介
At last an illuminating and accessible edition of Isaac Newton's writings, intended for nonspecialist readers. I. Bernard Cohen and Richard S. Westfall have meticulously col]ected representative works from eve major aspect of Newton's intellectual life.
The book is divided into nine parts Natural Philosophy, Scientific Method. Experimental Procedure. Optics. Rational Mechanics, System of the World. Alchemy and Theory of Matter. Theology; and Mathematics. Text and commentary are woven together, enabling readers to concentrate on the aspects of Newton's astoundingly diverse career they prefer. For each part. the edilors provide an introductory essay and texlual annolation. In addition, the text is amply illustrated.
The "General Introduction" lo the book sketches Newton's life and offers an interpretation of his scientific achievements. The "Biographical Register" identifies the many people Newton cites in his writings. The "Glossary and "Glossary of Chemical Terms" explicate scientific terms and concepts. Finally, the "Selected Bibliography" offers suggestions for further readings of and about Newton.
目录
Preface
General IntroductiOn
Part 1: Natural Philosophy
Introduction
From "Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae"
Conjunction of Bodies
Of the Celestial Matter and Orbs
Of the Sun, Stars, Planets, and Comets
Of Gravity and Levity
Of Light
Of Sensation
Of the Flux and Reflux of the Sea
Hypothesis of Light
De Aere et Aethere
Queries 1-7 and 3
Queries 18-22
Alexandre KoyreThe Significance of the Newtonian Synthesis
A. Rupert Hall and Marie Boas HallNewton and the Theory of Matter
Arnold ThackrayMatter in a Nut-Shell: Newton's Opticks and Eighteenth-Century Chemistry
J. E. McGuire and P. M. RattansiNewton and the 'Pipes of Pan
Part 2: Scientific Method
Introduction
A Note by David Gregory
From Query 31
Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy
From the General Scholium
From Newton to Cotes, March 28, 1713
From Newton to Oldenburg, February 6, 1672
From Newton to Oldenburg, June 10, 1672
From Newton to Oldenburg, July 6, 1672
Colin MaclaurinFrom An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries
I. Bernard CohenNewton's Method and Newton's Style
Part 3: Experimental Procedure
Introduction
From "Of Colours"
From Newton to Oldenburg, June 11, 1672
From Proposition 6, Book 3 of the Principia
From the General Scholium to Section 6, Book z of the Principia
From "'An Account of the Book entituled Commercium Epistolicum"
Part 4: Optics
Introduction
Newton to Oldenburg, February 6, a672
From a Paper on Rings
Queries 28 and 29
Alan E. ShapiroExperiment and Mathematics in Newton's Theory of Color Simon SchafferGlass works
Part 5: Rational Mechanics
Introduction
Newton's "Author's Preface to the Reader" of the Principia
Paper of Directions Given by Newton to Bentley Respecting the Books to Be Read before Endeavouring to Read and
Understand the Principia
Definitions
Laws of Motion
Selected Proposition from the Principia, Book 1
Proposition 1
Proposition 2
Part 6: System of the World
Part 7: Alchemy and Theory of Matter
Part 8: Theology
Part 9: Mathematics
Biographical Register
Glossary
Glossary of Chemical Terms
Isaac Newton: A Chronology
Selected Bibliography