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Issac Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" (Hardcover)
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Issac Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" (Hardcover)
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The symposium celebrates the 300th anniversary of the publication
of Newton's 'Principia'. Appearing in 1687 after the pioneering
work of Copernicus, Galileo, and Descartes, the 'Principia'
represents the culmination of the Scientific Revolution.The
symposium focuses on Newton's discoveries and their impact on the
modern world in the light of recent historical, methodological, as
well as scientific studies.The proceedings contain papers devoted
to the intellectual context of the 'Principia' (analysis of ancient
mechanics and middle-age physics) and to the problems of developing
physics and its methods. The influence of post-Newtonian physics on
Science will also be considered.In view of the
'revolutionary-evolutionary' controversy concerning the character
of the development of science, some authors will undertake the
interesting problem of whether physics will ever shake itself free
from Newtonian methodology.Distinguishing features are: The
Methodologically and ideologically diverse views on the 'Principia'
and their influence on modern science and philosophy (from
neo-Thomism to neo-Marxism, from science to art); The Reception of
Newton's ideas in Central Europe (Poland, Habsburg's Monarchy); and
the Intellectual context of the 'Principia' with special emphasis
on the impact of Wittelo's little known study of optics.
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