The Cambridge Companion to Newton2002
by Rob Iliffe
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most famous for his Principia, his work on light and color, and his discovery of the calculus, Newton devoted much more time to research in chemistry and alchemy, and to studying prophecy, church history, and ancient chronology. This new edition of The Cambridge Companion to Newton provides authoritative introductions to these further dimensions of his endeavors as well as to many aspects of his physics and mathematics. It includes a revised bibliography, a new introduction, and six new chapters: Three replacing pevious chapters on Newton's mathematics, his chemsitry and alchemy, and the reception of...