The Key to Newton's Dynamics: The Kepler Problem and the Principia: Containing an English Translation of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Book One from the First (1687) Edition of Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural History

Brackenridge, J. Bruce; Mary Ann Rossi (translator)

ISBN 10: 0520202171 / ISBN 13: 9780520202177

Published by University of California Press, 1996

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First Edition. 9 x 6 in. xiii, 299, (1) pp. Illustrated wraps. Light crease to bottom corner of rear wrap, light rubbing to edges, no internal markings. Near Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Key to Newton's Dynamics: The Kepler Problem and the Principia: Containing an English Translation of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Book One from the First (1687) Edition of Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural History
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520202171
• ISBN 13: 9780520202177
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

While much has been written on the ramifications of Newton's dynamics, until now the details of Newton's solution were available only to the physics expert. The Key to Newton's Dynamics clearly explains the surprisingly simple analytical structure that underlies the determination of the force necessary to maintain ideal planetary motion. J. Bruce Brackenridge sets the problem in historical and conceptual perspective, showing the physicist's debt to the works of both Descartes and Galileo. He tracks Newton's work on the Kepler problem from its early stages at Cambridge before 1669, through the revival of his interest ten years later, to its fruition in the first three sections of the first edition of the Principia.

About the Author

J. Bruce Brackenridge is Alice G. Chapman Professor of Physics at Lawrence University.