FOUNDATIONS OF NEWTONIAN SCHOLARSHIP, THE

FOUNDATIONS OF NEWTONIAN SCHOLARSHIP, THE

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Introduction	1
Newton's Scholarship in Historical Perspective I. BERNARD COHEN	11
Newton's Experimental Investigation of Diffraction for the Opticks: A Preliminary Study ALAN E. SHAPIRO	29
Comparison of Newton's Diffraction Measurements With the Theory of Fresnel MICHAEL NAUENBERG	59
Newton's Dynamics: The Diagram as a Diagnostic Device J. BRUCE BRACKENRIDGE	71
Fluid Resistance: Why Did Newton Change His Mind? GEORGE E. SMITH	105
Addendum to G. Smith's “Fluid Resistance: Why did Newton Change his Mind?” MICHAEL NAUENBERG	137
Newton's Mathematical Language JOHN FAUVEL	145
Newton's Expansion for the Square Root of an Algebraic Equation by an Equivalent Arithmetic Method MICHAEL NAUENBERG	161
Newton's Portsmouth Perturbation Method and its Application to Lunar Motion MICHAEL NAUENBERG	167
Review and Reminiscences A. RUPERT HALL	197
How Does One Come to Edit Newton's Mathematics? DEREK THOMAS WHITESIDE	209
From Kepler to Newton: Telling the Tale CURTIS WILSON	223
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