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Sepper, Dennis L.

Newton's optical writings : a guided study / Dennis L. Sepper. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1994. - 1 online resource (xxii, 224 pages) : illustrations. - Masterworks of discovery . - Masterworks of discovery. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index.

pt. 1. Preliminaries. An introduction to Isaac Newton -- Optics in the age of Newton -- pt. 2. The early optics. Newton's first publication, the 1672 letter -- From the early theory to The opticks -- pt. 3. The opticks. The opticks, book I, part I -- The opticks, book I, part II -- The opticks, book II, parts I and II -- The opticks, book II, parts III and IV -- The opticks, book III -- pt. 4. After the opticks. The aftermath of the optics of Newton -- Appendix A. Impulse and wave theories of light -- Appendix B. Estimating air thickness for the colored rings -- Appendix C. Rays in force fields -- Appendix D. The changing speed of rotating spheres.

Masterworks of Discovery: Guided Studies of Great Texts in Science.

ISBN: 0585034745 9780585034744

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Newton, Isaac 1643-1727
Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 Opticks
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Opticks.
Newton, Isaac. Opticks.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Optics--Early works to 1800.
SCIENCE--Physics--Optics & Light.
Optics.
Optics.
Optik
Optica.
Optique--17e si�ecle.

Subjects--Index Terms: Geschichte Optics Early works to 1800

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Early works.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QC353 / .S46 1994eb

Dewey Class. No.: 535

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QC353 / S479n 1994