Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His Writings

By Isaac Newton, H. S. Thayer

Categories: Science & Math

This collection gathers selections from Isaac Newton's writings on science, method and religion, edited with notes by H. S. Thayer. The selections cover Newton's rules of reasoning, his views on hypotheses and experiments, the laws of motion, gravity, light and color, and his thoughts on God and the design of the universe. Drawn from the Principia, the Opticks and his letters, the book offers a short introduction to Newton's thinking.

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