MacLaurin's physical dissertations
The Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746) is best known for developing and extending Newton’s work in calculus, geometry and gravitation; his 2-volume work "Treatise of Fluxions" (1742) was the first systematic exposition of Newton’s methods. It is well known that MacLaurin wa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Springer
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Series: | Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009460804906719 |
Table of Contents:
- General Introduction
- General Introduction
- MacLaurin on Gravity
- to Part I
- Translation of MacLaurin’s Dissertation
- MacLaurin on Collisions
- to Part II
- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay
- MacLaurin on the Tides
- to Part III
- Translation of MacLaurin’s Essay.
