Newton's Optical Writings

by Sepper, Dennis L.

• ISBN13: 9780813520384
• ISBN10: 081352038X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Conventions
Preliminaries
An Introduction to Isaac Newton	p. 3
Optics in the Age of Newton	p. 6
The Early Optics
Newton's First Publication, the 1672 Letter	p. 21
From the Early Theory to the Opticks	p. 51
The Opticks
The Opticks, Book I, Part I	p. 63
The Opticks, Book I, Part II	p. 83
The Opticks, Book II, Parts I and II	p. 113
The Opticks, Book II, Parts III and IV	p. 128
The Opticks, Book III	p. 144
After the Opticks
The Aftermath of the Optics of Newton	p. 177
Appendix A Impulse and Wave Theories of Light	p. 185
Appendix B Estimating Air Thickness for the Colored Rings	p. 189
Appendix C Rays in Force Fields	p. 191
Appendix D The Changing Speed of Rotating Spheres	p. 195
Notes	p. 197
Select Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 219
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