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Book SynopsisOver the last forty years Professor Hall has been a major contributor to the ânew viewâ of Newton now generally accepted. Essentially this has derived from the bringing to light and examination of Newtonâs vast, but long neglected legacy of manuscripts, and the first studies in this volume illustrate the wealth of information these provide on the earliest phases of his great discoveries in mathematics and science. In particular, they confirm the intensity and originality of Newtonâs investigations before and through the âanni mirabilesâ of 1665-66. Further papers then deal with his relations with contemporaries such as Hooke, Leibniz and Huyghens, again making extensive use of unpublished manuscript material, and with the developing influence of his work. Durant les quarante derniÃres annÃes, le professeur Hall a Ãtà lâun des plus importants contributeurs à la nouvelle apprÃciation de lâoeuvre de Newton, qui est de nos jours la plus gÃnÃralement acceptÃe. Ceci provient essentiellement de lâexamen du vaste hÃritage de manuscrits laissÃs par Newton et trÃs longtemps nÃgligÃ; les premiÃres Ãtudes de ce volume illustrent la richesse dâinformations contenues dans ceux-ci quant aux toutes premiÃres phases de ses grandes dÃcouvertes dans le domaine des mathÃmatiques et de le science. Ils confirment en particulier lâintensità et lâoriginalità des recherches de Newton avant et pendant les anni mirabiles de 1665-66. Sâajoutent à ceci plusieurs Ãtudes, oà il est à nouveau fait grand usage de manuscrits inÃdits, traitant des rapports quâil entretenait avec ses contemporains tels, Hooke, Leibniz et Huyghens, ainsi que de lâinfluence progressive de ses travaux.
Table of ContentsContents: An autobiographical introduction; Sir Isaac Newton’s note-book, 1661-1665; Further optical experiments of Isaac Newton; Newton on the calculation of central forces; Newton’s chemical experiments; Correcting the Principia; Newton’s ’mechanical principles’; Newton’s theory of matter; Newton and his editors; Beyond the fringe: diffraction as seen by Grimaldi, Fabri, Hooke and Newton; Two unpublished lectures of Robert Hooke; Newton’s first book; Horology and criticism: Robert Hooke; Henry More and the Scientific Revolution; Le problème de la vitesse de la lumière dans l’oeuvre de Newton; Leibniz and the British mathematicians (1673-1676); Newton in France: a new view; Index.
