Roger Cotes - Natural Philosopher - Natural Philosopher

Klappentext An appreciation of the life's work of one of the most distinguished early Newtonians. Zusammenfassung One of the most distinguished, and certainly one of the most ardent, of the early Newtonians, Roger Cotes (1682–1716) did important work in mathematics and astronomy and edited the second edition of Newton's Principia. Dr Gowing discusses Cotes' work in detail and clearly encapsulates his achievement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Cotes as first Plumian Professor, and as editor of Newton's Principia; 2. Logometria; 3. New methods in the calculus; 4. Cote's factorisation theorem; 5. Astronomy; 6. Numerical methods; 7. The missing works; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: Ronald Gowing
• Con la collaborazione di: Miriam J. Butt (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521526494
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52649-4
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: CSLI Lecture Notes
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature