The Newtonian Revolution

Released on by I. Bernard Cohen
preview-18

  • The Newtonian Revolution Book Detail

  • Author : I. Bernard Cohen
  • Release Date : 1980
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 428
  • ISBN 13 : 9780521273800
  • File Size : 30,30 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Newtonian Revolution by I. Bernard Cohen PDF Summary

Book Description: This volume presents Professor Cohen's original interpretation of the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science and set Newtonian science as the model for the highest level of achievement in other branches of science. It shows that Newton developed a special kind of relation between abstract mathematical constructs and the physical systems that we observe in the world around us by means of experiment and critical observation. The heart of the radical Newtonian style is the construction on the mind of a mathematical system that has some features in common with the physical world; this system was then modified when the deductions and conclusions drawn from it are tested against the physical universe. Using this system Newton was able to make his revolutionary innovations in celestial mechanics and, ultimately, create a new physics of central forces and the law of universal gravitation. Building on his analysis of Newton's methodology, Professor Cohen explores the fine structure of revolutionary change and scientific creativity in general. This is done by developing the concept of scientific change as a series of transformations of existing ideas. It is shown that such transformation is characteristic of many aspects of the sciences and that the concept of scientific change by transformation suggests a new way of examining the very nature of scientific creativity.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Newtonian Revolution books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Newtonian Revolution

The Newtonian Revolution

File Size : 17,17 MB
Total View : 2248 Views
DOWNLOAD

This volume presents Professor Cohen's original interpretation of the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science and set Newtonian science as the m