MacLaurin's physical dissertations
The Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746) is best known for developing and extending Newton's work in calculus, geometry and gravitation; his 2-volume work "Treatise of Fluxions" (1742) was the first systematic exposition of Newton's methods. It is well known that Ma...
| Main Author: | MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746. |
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| Other Authors: | Tweddle, Ian., SpringerLink (Online Service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Latin |
| Published: |
New York ; London :
Springer,
2007.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (vi, 220 pages) |
| Series: |
Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 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.