Newton's Optical Writings : A Guided Study /

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Masterworks of Discovery: Guided Studies of Great Texts in Science.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sepper, Dennis L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac. > Opticks.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727. > Opticks.
Newton, Isaac > 1643-1727 > Opticks
Newton, Isaac > 1643-1727
Optique > 17e siecle.
Optica.
Optik
Optics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Optics & Light.
Optics > Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Preliminaries. An introduction to Isaac Newton
  • Optics in the age of Newton
  • pt. 2. The early optics. Newton's first publication, the 1672 letter
  • From the early theory to The opticks
  • pt. 3. The opticks. The opticks, book I, part I
  • The opticks, book I, part II
  • The opticks, book II, parts I and II
  • The opticks, book II, parts III and IV
  • The opticks, book III
  • pt. 4. After the opticks. The aftermath of the optics of Newton
  • Appendix A. Impulse and wave theories of light
  • Appendix B. Estimating air thickness for the colored rings
  • Appendix C. Rays in force fields
  • Appendix D. The changing speed of rotating spheres.

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