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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

 

 

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