The Correspondence of Isaac Newton

This first volume is particularly rich in matters of concern to the historian of science.

Isaac Newton (Author), H. W. Turnball (Edited by)

9780521737838, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 October 2008

524 pages
27.9 x 2.7 x 21 cm, 1.17 kg

This first volume is particularly rich in matters of concern to the historian of science. It shows the young Newton in the plenitude of his powers; he himself wrote of the period at Woolsthorpe, which ended before any surviving letters of real consequence were written, 'for in those days I was in the prime of my age for invention, and minded Mathematics and Philosophy more than at any time since'. The main scientific topics with which these letters deal are the reflecting telescope; the early mathematical work; and the fundamental work on the decomposition of white light by the prism.

List of Plates
Foreword
Introduction
Preface
The Correspondence.

Subject Areas: Popular science [PDZ]