Sir Isaac Newton

A Brief Account of His Life and Work
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-94145-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1927 this book presents the main features of Newton’s life and his chief contributions to scientific knowledge. It gives the non-scientist, as well as the specialist, an insight into the life, personality and achievements of one of England’s greatest scientists and polymaths.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brodetsky, S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.The Lincolnshire Child, 1642-1661 2. The Cambridge Student, 1661-1665 3. The Dawn of Mathematical Discovery 1665 4. The Germ of Universal Gravitation, 1666 5. The Analysis of Light and Colour 1666 6. The Optical Decade, 1668-1678 7. The Gravitational Decade, 1678-1687 8. The ‘Principia’, 1687 9. The Transitional Decade, 1687-1696 10. The Guardian of the Nation’s Coinage, 1696-1727 11. The Doyen of British Science, 1703-1727 12. The End 1727.

Über Autor(innen)

Selig Brodetsky (1888-1954) was Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leeds and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.