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- Interpreting Newton
- Interpreting Newton
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Newton and his contemporaries
- Part II Philosophical themes in Newton
- 5 Cotes's queries
- 6 Newton's scientific method andthe universal law of gravitation
- 7 Newton, Huygens, and Euler
- 8 What did Newton mean by ‘Absolute Motion’?
- 9 From velocities to fluxions
- Part III The reception of Newton
- References
- Index
6 - Newton's scientific method andthe universal law of gravitation
from Part II - Philosophical themes in Newton
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Interpreting Newton
- Interpreting Newton
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Newton and his contemporaries
- Part II Philosophical themes in Newton
- 5 Cotes's queries
- 6 Newton's scientific method andthe universal law of gravitation
- 7 Newton, Huygens, and Euler
- 8 What did Newton mean by ‘Absolute Motion’?
- 9 From velocities to fluxions
- Part III The reception of Newton
- References
- Index
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- Interpreting NewtonCritical Essays, pp. 138 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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