UID:
edocfu_9960950876202883
Format:
1 online resource (449 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-262-29165-7
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1-282-69451-0
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9786612694516
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0-262-25886-2
Series Statement:
Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology
Content:
An analysis of Newton's mathematical work, from early discoveries to mature reflections, & a discussion of Newton's views on the role & nature of mathematics, in this book Guicciardini reconstructs Newton's own method by extracting it from his concrete practice.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and Conventions; I Preliminaries; 1 Newton on Mathematical Method; 2 Newton on Certainty in Optical Lectures; 3 Descartes on Method and Certainty in the Géométrie; II Against Cartesian Analysis and Synthesis; 4 Against Descartes on Determinate Problems; 5 Against Descartes on Indeterminate Problems; 6 Beyond the Cartesian Canon; III New Analysis and the Synthetic Method; 7 The Method of Series; 8 The Analytical Method of Fluxions; 9 The Synthetic Method of Fluxions; IV Natural Philosophy; 10 The Principia; 11 Hidden Common Analysis; 12 Hidden New Analysis
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V Ancients and Moderns13 Geometry and Mechanics; 14 Analysis and Synthesis; VI Against Leibniz; 15 The Quarrel with Leibniz; 16 Scribal Publication, 1672-1699; 17 Fluxions in Print, 1700-1715; Conclusion; A Brief Chronology of Newton's Mathematical Work; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-51648-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-01317-7
Language:
English
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