Isaac Newton on mathematical certainty and method [[electronic resource] /] / Niccolò Guicciardini

• Autore: Guicciardini Niccolò
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 510
• Soggetto topico: Mathematical analysis; Mathematics - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Isaac Newton on mathematical certainty and method
• ISBN: 1-282-69451-0; 9786612694516; 0-262-25886-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454967103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transformations.