The First Three Sections of Newton's Principia: With Copious Notes and Illustrations, and a Great Variety of Deductions and Problems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Carr, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332542425 ISBN 13: 9781332542420

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The First Three Sections of Newton's Principia: With Copious Notes and Illustrations, and a Great Variety of Deductions and Problems

IV. A collection of Miscellaneous Problems, with their solu tions.

The reader will observe that the short account given of the doctrine of Exhaustions and Indivisibles, and also Arts. 52, 53, and 54, on curvature, have been extracted almost wholly from Maclaurin; and as utility has been his sole object, the Com piler of the following sheets has throughout unreservedly bor rowed from every valuable source within his reach.

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I. Bernard Cohen (1914-2003) was Victor S. Thomas Professor (Emeritus) of the History of Science at Harvard University. Among his recent books are "Benjamin Franklin's Science" (1996), "Interactions" (1994), and "Science and the Founding Fathers" (1992). Anne Whitman was coeditor (with I. Bernard Cohen and Alexander Koyre) of the Latin edition, with variant readings, of the "Principia" (1972). Julia Budenz, author of "From the Gardens of Flora Baum" (1984), is a multilingual classicist and poet.

JOHN W. CARR develops resources, conducts workshops, and evaluates educational programs. He developed WestEd's bestselling Map of Standards for English Learners and conducts supportive workshops that assist teachers in implementing standards-based instruction for English learners. He coauthored a WestEd best-seller series of guidebooks -- Making Science Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers (2007) and Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers (2009). This guidebook is the third in the series, extending the approach to students with learning difficulties. He conducts professional development on standards-based instruction for English learners and students in inclusive classrooms.

He has conducted a variety of instructional program evaluations regarding refugee students, English learners, and students with special needs. His current interest is in research-based instructional practices for students with learning difficulties in academic classes and the evaluation of special education programs. John has a PhD in measurement, evaluation, and research methodology from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked in the research and evaluation departments of two large school districts for 13 years and conducted workshops on school improvement. John is currently a Senior Research Associate in the Evaluation Research Program at WestEd.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332542425
• ISBN 13: 9781332542420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178