Action and reaction : proceedings of a symposium to commemorate the tercentenary of Newton's Principia /
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Newark, Del. : London :
University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses,
c1993.
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Table of Contents:
- The culmination of the scientific revolution : Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall
- The Principia, the Newtonian style, and the Newtonian revolution in science / I. Bernard Cohen
- "The unity of truth" : an integrated view of Newton's work / Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
- Newton's chemical experiments : an analysis in the light of modern chemistry / Peter Spargo
- Reasoning from phenomena : Newton's argument for universal gravitation and the practice of science / William L. Harper
- Algebraic vs. geometric techniques in Newton's determination of planetary orbits / Michael S. Mahoney
- Comets & idols : Newton's cosmology and political theology / Simon Schaffer
- Ether madness : Newtonianism, religion, and insanity in eighteenth-century England / Anita Guerrini
- Newton and Lavoisier : from chemistry as a branch of natural philosophy to chemistry as a positive science / Arthur Donovan
- Isaac Newton and Adam Smith : intellectual links between natural science and economics / Norriss S. Hetherington
- A modern look at Newton's final queries / Frank Wilczek
- Overview : Newton's place in history / Dudley Shapere.
