Newton's Principia for the Common Reader
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9780198863144
Publication date:
16/12/2019
Paperback
618 pages
246.0x189.0mm
Price: 1395.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198863144
Publication date:
16/12/2019
Paperback
618 pages
246.0x189.0mm
The late S. Chandrasekhar
- A breathtaking analysis of one of the greatest works of science of all time
- Written by one of the leading scientists of this century
Rights: OUP UK (Indian Territory)
The late S. Chandrasekhar
Description
Professor Chandrasekhar provides a comprehensive analysis of the main themes of the Principia. His book can be regarded as an attempt by a distinguished practising scientist to read and comprehend the intellectual achievement that the Principia is, based solely on the book itself without recourse to secondary sources. Thereby he has made the work accessible to the modern reader. This will undoubtedly become a collector's item.
About the Author
The late S. Chandrasekhar, Emeritus Professor, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research, The Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
The late S. Chandrasekhar
Table of contents
Prologue
1: The beginnings and the writing of the Principia
2: Basic concepts: definition and axioms
3: On the notion of limits and the ratios of evanescent quantities
4: On the motion of particles under centripetal attraction: an introduction to Newton's treatment
5: The law of areas and some relations which follow
6: The motion of bodies along conic sections
7: Kepler's equation and its solution
8: The rectilinear ascent and descent of bodies
9: The conservation of energy and the initial value problem
10: On revolving orbits
11: A pause
12: The two-body problem
13: The method of the variations of the elements of a Kepler orbit and Newton's lunar theory: an introduction to propositions LXV-LXIX
14: The three body problem: the foundations of Newton's lunar theory
15: The superb theorems
16: Attraction by non-spherical bodies
17: A digression into Opticks
18: Prolegomenon
19: The universal law of gravitation
20: The figure of the earth and of the planets
21: On the theory of tides
22: The lunar theory
23: The precession of the equinoxes
24: On the comets
25: The effect of air-drag on the descent of bodies
26: The solid of least resistance
27: The problem of the brachistochrone
28: The velocity of sound and long waves in canals
The late S. Chandrasekhar
The late S. Chandrasekhar
Review
"To grasp the truly awesome nature of Newton's achievement in the Principia, it is necessary to turn to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's Newton's Principia for the Common Reader... THis is a valuable guide to the Principia - certainly beyond the level of the "common reader" - that will take its place in the succession of major commentaries on the Principia of the past three centuries." - Physics Today November 1996
Description
Professor Chandrasekhar provides a comprehensive analysis of the main themes of the Principia. His book can be regarded as an attempt by a distinguished practising scientist to read and comprehend the intellectual achievement that the Principia is, based solely on the book itself without recourse to secondary sources. Thereby he has made the work accessible to the modern reader. This will undoubtedly become a collector's item.
About the Author
The late S. Chandrasekhar, Emeritus Professor, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research, The Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
Read MoreReviews
"To grasp the truly awesome nature of Newton's achievement in the Principia, it is necessary to turn to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's Newton's Principia for the Common Reader... THis is a valuable guide to the Principia - certainly beyond the level of the "common reader" - that will take its place in the succession of major commentaries on the Principia of the past three centuries." - Physics Today November 1996
Read MoreTable of contents
Prologue
1: The beginnings and the writing of the Principia
2: Basic concepts: definition and axioms
3: On the notion of limits and the ratios of evanescent quantities
4: On the motion of particles under centripetal attraction: an introduction to Newton's treatment
5: The law of areas and some relations which follow
6: The motion of bodies along conic sections
7: Kepler's equation and its solution
8: The rectilinear ascent and descent of bodies
9: The conservation of energy and the initial value problem
10: On revolving orbits
11: A pause
12: The two-body problem
13: The method of the variations of the elements of a Kepler orbit and Newton's lunar theory: an introduction to propositions LXV-LXIX
14: The three body problem: the foundations of Newton's lunar theory
15: The superb theorems
16: Attraction by non-spherical bodies
17: A digression into Opticks
18: Prolegomenon
19: The universal law of gravitation
20: The figure of the earth and of the planets
21: On the theory of tides
22: The lunar theory
23: The precession of the equinoxes
24: On the comets
25: The effect of air-drag on the descent of bodies
26: The solid of least resistance
27: The problem of the brachistochrone
28: The velocity of sound and long waves in canals
