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Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. P. B. Scheurer

    1. Catholic University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
      University of Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. G. Debrock

    1. Catholic University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Preamble Newton, the Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Newton, the Man — Again

      • Gale E. Christianson
      Pages 3-21

  4. Newton’s Scientific Heritage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. The Surprises of Newtonian Determinism

      • P. B. Scheurer
      Pages 135-150

    3. Newton’s Conception of Time in Modern Physics and Philosophy

      • Dennis Dieks
      Pages 151-159

    4. Gravitation and Nineteenth-Century Physical Worldviews

      • F. H. Van Lunteren
      Pages 161-173

    5. Electricity in Eighteenth-Century Holland: A Newtonian Legacy

      • W. D. Hackmann
      Pages 175-182

    6. Reconciliation of the Newtonian Framework with Thermodynamics by the Reproducibility of a Collective Physical Quantity

      • Guido J. M. Verstraeten
      Pages 183-191

    7. Newtonian Gravitational Theory and General Relativity in the Light of the Correspondence between their Mathematical Models

      • T. Grabińska, M. Zabierowski
      Pages 193-199

    8. Chemical Affinity in the 19th Century and Newtonianism

      • W. Hornix
      Pages 201-215

  5. Newton’s Methodological Heritage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Newton, Lavoisier and Modern Science

      • Arthur Donovan
      Pages 219-225

    3. Inertia, the Innate Force of Matter: A Legacy from Newton to Modern Physics

      • Ed Dellian
      Pages 227-237
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Catholic University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    P. B. Scheurer, G. Debrock

  • University of Geneva, Switzerland

    P. B. Scheurer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

  • Editors: P. B. Scheurer, G. Debrock

  • Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2809-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3723-9Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7764-4Published: 21 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2809-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0066-6610

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 382

  • Topics: History, general

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