Screen LibraryNewton -- : innovation and controversy /
"Unique among celebrated scientists, Newton was equally gifted at theoretical physics, experimental physics and pure mathematics. He was also exceptional in another, less well-recognised sense. No one has come near to equalling his extraordinary analytical power. Analytically-derived truths are...
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World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd.,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0117#t=toc |
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"Unique among celebrated scientists, Newton was equally gifted at theoretical physics, experimental physics and pure mathematics. He was also exceptional in another, less well-recognised sense. No one has come near to equalling his extraordinary analytical power. Analytically-derived truths are controversial because such truths can only be established by extended experimental verification or by their success in generating further truths by systematic development. While Newton's optics was ultimately established by the first method and his theory of gravity by the second, much of his work on |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781786344038 |
| Index Number: | QC16 |
| CLC: | O301 |
| Contents: | Innovation and controversy -- Analysis and synthesis -- Thermodynamics -- The microstructure of matter -- The states of matter -- Microforces: cohesion and chemistry -- Nonscience -- Securing the legacy. |