Author: William L. HarperPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019957040X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-410) and index.
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method
Author: William L. HarperPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019957040X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-410) and index.
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method
Author: William L. HarperPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198709428
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
William L. Harper presents a compelling new account of Isaac Newton's work on gravity and the cosmos. He argues that Newton's inferences from phenomena realize an ideal of empirical success that is richer than prediction, and explores the ways in which Newton's method aims to turn theoretical questions into ones which can be answered empirically.
Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method
Author: Niccolò GuicciardiniPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262013177
Category : Mathematical analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
An analysis of Newton's mathematical work, from early discoveries to mature reflections, and a discussion of Newton's views on the role and nature of mathematics.
Evidence and Method
Author: Peter AchinsteinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199921857
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
In this book, Peter Achinstein proposes and defends several objective concepts of evidence. He then explores the question of whether a scientific method, such as that represented in the four "Rules for the Study of Natural Philosophy" that Isaac Newton invoked in proving his law of gravity, can be employed in demonstrating how the proposed definitions of evidence are to be applied to real scientific cases.
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method
Author: William Leonard HarperPublisher:
ISBN: 9780191728679
Category : Cosmology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Harper presents an account of Isaac Newton's work on gravity and the cosmos. He argues that Newton's inferences from phenomena realize an ideal of empirical success that is richer than prediction, and explores the ways in which Newton's method aims to turn theoretical questions into ones which can be answered empirically.
Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy
Author: Jed Z. BuchwaldPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262524254
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development of his mathematical philosophy, rational mechanics, and celestial dynamics. An appendix includes the last paper written by Newton biographer Richard S. Westfall.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh ChisholmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World
Author: Sir Isaac NewtonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520321723
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1934.
Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science
Author: Ronald L. NumbersPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674967984
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A falling apple inspired the law of gravity—or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthroughs from ancient times to the present.
Isaac Newton
Author: Gale E. ChristiansonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199762368
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
In 1665, when an epidemic of the plague forced Cambridge University to close, Isaac Newton, then a young, undistinguished scholar, returned to his childhood home in rural England. Away from his colleagues and professors, Newton embarked on one of the greatest intellectual odysseys in the history of science: he began to formulate the law of universal gravitation, developed the calculus, and made revolutionary discoveries about the nature of light. After his return to Cambridge, Newton's genius was quickly recognized and his reputation forever established. This biography also allows us to see the personal side of Newton, whose life away from science was equally fascinating. Quarrelsome, quirky, and not above using his position to silence critics and further his own career, he was an authentic genius with all too human faults.