The Investigation of Difficult Things - Essays on Newton and the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of D. T. Whiteside (Paperback, Revised)

A collection of twenty original essays on the history of science and mathematics. The topics covered embrace the main themes of Whiteside's scholarly work, emphasising Newtonian topics: mathematics and astronomy to Newton; Newton's manuscripts; Newton's Principia; Newton and eighteenth-century mathematics and physics; after Newton: optics and dynamics. The focus of these themes gives the volume considerable coherence. This volume of essays makes available important original work on Newton and the history of the exact sciences. This volume has been published in honour of D. T. Whiteside, famous for his edition of The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	1992
Editors:	Peter M. Harman • Alan E. Shapiro
Dimensions:	239 x 191 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	548
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-89266-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
LSN:	0-521-89266-X
Barcode:	9780521892667

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