| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 422 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Transformations |
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Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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| Contents |
Newton on mathematical method -- Newton on certainty in optical lectures -- Descartes on method and certainty in the Geometrie -- Against Descartes on determinate problems -- Against Descartes on indeterminate problems -- Beyond the Cartesian cannon : the enumeration of cubics -- The method of series -- The analytical method of fluxions -- The synthetic method of fluxions -- The principia -- Hidden common analysis -- Hidden new analysis -- Geometry and mechanics -- Analysis and synthesis -- The quarrel with Leibniz : a brief overview -- Scribal publication, 1672-1699 -- Fluxions in print, 1700-1715 |
| Summary |
An analysis of Newton's mathematical work, from early discoveries to mature reflections, & a discussion of Newton's views on the role & nature of mathematics, in this book Guicciardini reconstructs Newton's own method by extracting it from his concrete practice |
| Analysis |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
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MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 |
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Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 |
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Newton, Isaac -- Mathematik. |
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Newton, Isaac. |
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics. |
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Newton, Isaac, 1643-1727. |
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Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- och matematik. |
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Newton, Isaac. |
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Mathematical analysis.
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Mathematics -- History
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31.01 history of mathematics.
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MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
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MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
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Mathematical analysis
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Mathematics
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Mathematik
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Methodologie
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Philosophie
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Analysis (mathematics)
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Mathematik -- Geschichte 18. Jh.
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Mathematik -- Geschichte 17. Jh.
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Mathematik.
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Philosophie.
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Methodologie.
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Mathematical analysis.
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Matematik -- historia.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008053211 |
| ISBN |
9780262258869 |
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0262258862 |
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1282694510 |
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9781282694514 |
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