MacLaurin's physical dissertations / Ian Tweddle.
"The Scottish mathematician Colin Mac Laurin (1698-1746) is best known for developing and extending Newton’s work in calculus, geometry and gravitation; his 2-volume work "Treatise of Fluxions" (1742) was the first systematic exposition of Newton’s methods. It is well known that Mac L...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English Latin |
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London :
Springer,
[2007]
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| Series: | Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- General Introduction:
- General Introduction
- MacLaurin on Gravity:
- Introduction to Part I
- Translation of MacLaurin’s Dissertation
- MacLaurin on Collisions:
- Introduction to Part II
- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay
- MacLaurin on the Tides:
- Introduction to Part III
- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay.