Readable classic offers a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, in which Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, more. Based upon the 1730 fourth edition.
Preface by I. Bernard Cohen Foreword by Albert Einstein Introduction by Sir Edmund Whittaker Analytical Table of Contents of the OPTICKS prepared by Duane H. D. Roller Sir Isaac Newton's Advertisements Book One of the OPTICKS Book Two of the OPTICKS Book Three of the OPTICKS Queries 1-31
Readable classic offers a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, in which Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, more. Based upon the 1730 fourth edition.
Preface by I. Bernard Cohen Foreword by Albert Einstein Introduction by Sir Edmund Whittaker Analytical Table of Contents of the OPTICKS prepared by Duane H. D. Roller Sir Isaac Newton's Advertisements Book One of the OPTICKS Book Two of the OPTICKS Book Three of the OPTICKS Queries 1-31
Preface by I. Bernard Cohen Foreword by Albert Einstein Introduction by Sir Edmund Whittaker Analytical Table of Contents of the OPTICKS prepared by Duane H. D. Roller Sir Isaac Newton's Advertisements Book One of the OPTICKS Book Two of the OPTICKS Book Three of the OPTICKS Queries 1-31
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His 1687 monograph, Philosophia Naturalis Principia, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics.
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