All Was Light: Introduction to Newton's Opticks - Softcover

Hall, A. Rupert

 
9780198517986: All Was Light: Introduction to Newton's Opticks
Softcover
ISBN 10: 019851798X ISBN 13: 9780198517986
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1995

Synopsis

Following the popular hardback edition, this paperback provides a insight into a major part of Newton's work. This book is intended for students of history of science, history, philosophy. General readers in these subjects.

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Review

"Captures both the intellectual daring and the experimental genius of Newton. Hall offers a detailed reconstruction of the development of Newton's investigation of light." --Nature "Next to the Opticks itself, and perhaps along with it, this is the book that one needs in order to understand a major part of Newton's thought and work." --American Journal of Physics "Captures both the intellectual daring and the experimental genius of Newton. Hall offers a detailed reconstruction of the development of Newton's investigation of light." --Nature "Next to the Opticks itself, and perhaps along with it, this is the book that one needs in order to understand a major part of Newton's thought and work." --American Journal of Physics "Captures both the intellectual daring and the experimental genius of Newton. Hall offers a detailed reconstruction of the development of Newton's investigation of light." --Nature "Next to the Opticks itself, and perhaps along with it, this is the book that one needs in order to understand a major part of Newton's thought and work." --American Journal of Physics "Captures both the intellectual daring and the experimental genius of Newton. Hall offers a detailed reconstruction of the development of Newton's investigation of light." --Nature "Next to the Opticks itself, and perhaps along with it, this is the book that one needs in order to understand a major part of Newton's thought and work." --American Journal of Physics

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019851798X
ISBN 13 
9780198517986
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
260

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780198539858: All Was Light: Introduction to Newton's Opticks

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0198539851 ISBN 13:  9780198539858
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1993
Hardcover