The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume I: The Optical Lectures 1670-1672. Edited by Alan E. Shapiro.

NEWTON, Isaac (1643-1727).

ISBN 10: 0521252482 / ISBN 13: 9780521252485

Published by Cambridge University Press, (1984)., Cambridge, UK:, 1984

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Royal 8vo. xix, 627 pp. 3 full-page black-and-white plates, bibliography, index. Navy blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine label, dust-jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Shapiro. Fine. ISBN: 0521252482 Alan E. Shapiro's research is on Newton and his optical research, and he is the editor of The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton. Most of the book presents the Lectiones Opticae and the Optica with the original Latin on the left and the translation, duly annotated and cross referenced, on the right.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume I: The Optical Lectures 1670-1672. Edited by Alan E. Shapiro.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, (1984)., Cambridge, UK:
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521252482
• ISBN 13: 9780521252485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Newton, Isaac

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Synopsis

The first volume of a three-volume complete edition of Newton's optical papers contains his Optical Lectures, delivered at Cambridge University between 1670 and 1672. The Lectures is Newton's first major scientific treatise, and consequently it represents a crucial link between his early years of discovery and his mature investigations and publications, such as the Optiks in 1704. It is divided into two parts: the first part devoted to color and the second to refraction. Originally published in 1984, this edition made available the complete text, together with translation and commentary, of both surviving versions of the Lectures, a draft and a vastly expanded revision. Until the time of publication, scholars had to depend on an uncritical text of the revision and an inadequate partial English translation, both published shortly after Newton's death. Professor Shapiro's critical edition has made a great contribution to the study of Newtonian science.

Book Description

The first volume of a three-volume complete edition of Newton's optical papers contains his Optical Lectures, delivered at Cambridge University between 1670 and 1672. Originally published in 1984, this edition made available the complete text, together with translation and commentary, of both surviving versions of the Lectures, a draft and a vastly expanded revision.