Force and Geometry in Newton's Principia / / François De Gandt.
In this book François De Gandt introduces us to the reading of Newton's Principia in its own terms. The path of access that De Gandt proposes leads through the study of the geometrization of force. The result is a highly original meditation on the sources and meaning of Newton's magnum opu...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 171 line drawings |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- PREAMBLE
- CHAPTER I. The De motu of 1684
- CHAPTER II. Aspects of Force before the Principia
- CHAPTER III. The Mathematical Methods
- CONCLUSIONS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX