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Autore |
Guicciardini Niccolo |
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Titolo |
Isaac Newton on mathematical certainty and method / / Niccolo Guicciardini |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29165-7 |
1-282-69451-0 |
9786612694516 |
0-262-25886-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Collana |
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Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mathematical analysis |
Mathematics - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and Conventions; I Preliminaries; 1 Newton on Mathematical Method; 2 Newton on Certainty in Optical Lectures; 3 Descartes on Method and Certainty in the Géométrie; II Against Cartesian Analysis and Synthesis; 4 Against Descartes on Determinate Problems; 5 Against Descartes on Indeterminate Problems; 6 Beyond the Cartesian Canon; III New Analysis and the Synthetic Method; 7 The Method of Series; 8 The Analytical Method of Fluxions; 9 The Synthetic Method of Fluxions; IV Natural Philosophy; 10 The Principia; 11 Hidden Common Analysis; 12 Hidden New Analysis |
V Ancients and Moderns13 Geometry and Mechanics; 14 Analysis and Synthesis; VI Against Leibniz; 15 The Quarrel with Leibniz; 16 Scribal Publication, 1672-1699; 17 Fluxions in Print, 1700-1715; Conclusion; A Brief Chronology of Newton's Mathematical Work; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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