The Cambridge Companion to Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and the natural sciences. In this volume a team of distinguished contributors examines the principal aspects of Newton's thought. They include not only his approach to space, time, mechanics, and universal gravity in Principia and his research in optics and mathematics, but also his lesser known clandestine investigations into alchemy, theology, and prophecy.

Introduction Bernard Cohen and George E. Smith
1. Newton's philosophical analysis of space and time Robert DiSalle
2. Newton's concepts of force and mass, with notes on the law of motion I. Bernard Cohen
3. Curvature in Newton's dynamics J. Bruce Brackenridge and Michael Nauenberg
4. The methodology of the Principia George E. Smith
5. Newton's argument for universal gravitation William Harper
6. Newton and celestial mechanics Curtis Wilson
7. Newton's optics and atomism Alan E. Shapiro
8. Newton's metaphysics Howard Stein
9. Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work Niccolò
Guicciardini
10. Newton, active powers, and the mechanical philosophy Alan Gabbey
11. The background to Newton's chemistry William Newman
12. Newton's alchemy Karin Figala
13. Newton on prophecy and the apocalypse Maurizio Mamiani
14. Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity Scott Mandelbrote
15. Newton versus Leibniz: from geometry to metaphysics A. Rupert Hall
16. Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence Domenico Bertoloni Meli.

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