The Investigation of Difficult Things: Essays on Newton and the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of D. T. Whiteside - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052189266X ISBN 13: 9780521892667

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book is a collection of twenty original essays on the history of science and mathematics, written in honor of D.T. Whiteside. The topics covered embrace the main themes of Whiteside's scholarly work, emphasizing Newtonian topics including: mathematics and astronomy, Newton's manuscripts, Newton's Principia, Newton and eighteenth-century mathematics and physics, and optics and dynamics after Newton. The focus of these themes gives the volume considerable coherence, and these essays make available important original work on Newton and the history of the exact sciences.

About this title

Book Description:

The book is a collection of essays on the history of science and mathematics, with especial emphasis on Newtonian themes. The volume has been published in honour of D. T. Whiteside.

Review:

"...a fitting tribute to a distinguished editor and a remarkable scholar. It will find its place in any good library for the history of science next to the eight volumes of 'The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton', which have become an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of scientific revolution." William R. Shea, Nature

"...a valuable reference for those libraries that maintain a collection in the history of methematics and science." Clair G. Wood, Science Books and Films

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 052189266X
• ISBN 13: 9780521892667
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 548
• Editor: Harman Peter M., Shapiro Alan E.