MacLaurin's Physical Dissertations

2007. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-84628-593-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

This book presents important works by the Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746), translated in English for the first time. It includes three of the mathematician’s less known and often hard to obtain works. A general introduction puts the works in context and gives an outline of MacLaurin's career. Each translation is also accompanied by an introduction and analyzed both in modern terms and from a historical point of view.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tweddle, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction.- General Introduction.- MacLaurin on Gravity.- to Part I.- Translation of MacLaurin’s Dissertation.- MacLaurin on Collisions.- to Part II.- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay.- MacLaurin on the Tides.- to Part III.- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay.

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Tweddle is a proven Springer author, having already contributed two books to the Sources and Studies series: Simon on Porisms (306-5, published 2000), and Methodus Differentialis (723-0, published 2003). Of these three books, this one will have the widest appeal.