Tweddle MacLaurin's Physical Dissertations

2007
ISBN: 978-1-84628-776-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Kein

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, eBook

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.

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tweddle, Ian

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.