MacLaurin's Physical Dissertations

Ian Tweddle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84996-624-5 (ISBN)

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This book presents important works by the Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746), translated in English for the first time. It includes three of the mathematician's less known and often hard to obtain works. A general introduction puts the works in context and gives an outline of MacLaurin's career. Each translation is also accompanied by an introduction and analyzed both in modern terms and from a historical point of view.

Ian Tweddle is a proven Springer author, having already contributed two books to the Sources and Studies series: Simon on Porisms (306-5, published 2000), and Methodus Differentialis (723-0, published 2003). Of these three books, this one will have the widest appeal.

General Introduction.- General Introduction.- MacLaurin on Gravity.- to Part I.- Translation of MacLaurin’s Dissertation.- MacLaurin on Collisions.- to Part II.- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay.- MacLaurin on the Tides.- to Part III.- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2010
Reihe/Serie	Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 224 p.
Verlagsort	England
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
ISBN-10	1-84996-624-9 / 1849966249
ISBN-13	978-1-84996-624-5 / 9781849966245
Zustand	Neuware