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The Newtonian Revolution (Paperback, Revised)
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The Newtonian Revolution (Paperback, Revised)
Series: The Wiles Lectures
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This volume presents Professor Cohen's original interpretation of
the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science and set
Newtonian science as the model for the highest level of achievement
in other branches of science. It shows that Newton developed a
special kind of relation between abstract mathematical constructs
and the physical systems that we observe in the world around us by
means of experiment and critical observation. The heart of the
radical Newtonian style is the construction on the mind of a
mathematical system that has some features in common with the
physical world; this system s then modified when the deductions and
conclusions drawn from it are tested against the physical universe.
Using this system Newton was able to make his revolutionary
innovations in celestial mechanics and, ultimately, create a new
physics of central forces and the law of universal gravitation.
Building on his analysis of Newton's methodology, Professor Cohen
explores the fine structure of revolutionary change and scientific
creativity in general. This is done by developing the concept of
scientific change as a series of transformations of ecxisting
ideas. It is shown that such transformation is characteristic of
many aspects of the sciences and that the concept of scientific
change by transformation suggests a new way of examining the very
nature of scientific creativity.
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