The Trinity of Mass and Newton's Way

From the Principia

Ramses van der Toorn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

253 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-1148-0 (ISBN)

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This monograph studies the idea that there is only a single concept of mass in physics. Notably, this is so not since Albert Einstein, as is the canonical reading, but since Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia (1687) introduced mass as a measure of inertia.Newton then deduced that mass also measures weight.Newton also proved that this very same inertial mass finds itself at the source of gravitational attraction. Hence, the twentieth-century distinction between inertial, gravitational and gravitating mass may be didactically useful, but does no justice to the legacy of Isaac Newton. The monograph discusses two aspects of why later readers missed the true content of Newton's legacy. Firstly, because of Newton's redactional choices. Secondly, because of thehistorical and socio-scientific context: the expectations andattitudes of Newton's peers, readers and criticasters. This is done in the context of the history of Western thought, i.e. philosophy.

Ramses van der Toorn (PhD Cum Laude 1997, Utrecht University, Netherlands) is a physicist and a generalist, with a career spanning both industrial (1998 - 2007) and academic research (1990 - 1998; 2007 - present). He has been active in radiation detection, solid state electronics, electron device physics, industrial modeling, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, geophysics, gravity, physics of musical instruments and applied mathematics (symmetries, representation theory, differential equations), including neural networks and machine learning. His published work (31 peer reviewed in 6 distinct academic disciplines) is carried by the author's ability to master and develop a subject in the exact sciences, with an eye for applications and epistemological context. His recent work on Legendre's Equation and his ground breaking work on the Enhanced Frobenius theory shows the author's ability to gain synergy in the exact sciences from their historical and scientific-sociological context. The author has a broad teaching experience in various disciplines, at all academic levels.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-0364-1148-6 / 1036411486
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-1148-0 / 9781036411480
Zustand	Neuware