Reading the Principia Paperback: The Debate on Newton's Mathematical Methods for Natural Philosophy from 1687 to 1736 - Softcover

Guicciardini, Niccol¿

 
9780521544030: Reading the Principia Paperback: The Debate on Newton's Mathematical Methods for Natural Philosophy from 1687 to 1736

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The mathematical methods employed by Newton in the Principia stimulated much debate among contemporaries. This book explains how Newton addressed these issues, taking into consideration the values that directed his research. It will be of interest to researchers and students in history and philosophy of science, physics, mathematics and astronomy.

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Niccolò Guicciardini holds degrees in physics and philosophy awarded by the Università degli Studi di Milano. His Ph.D. thesis in the history of mathematics was written under the supervision of Ivor Grattan-Guinness at Middlesex Polytechnic and was published by Cambridge University Press in 1989 as The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700–1800. He is Co-Editor in Chief of Historia Mathematica and is a recipient of the Sarton Medal for 2011–2012, awarded by the University of Ghent, Belgium.

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ISBN 10:  0521640660 ISBN 13:  9780521640664
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1999
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