Publications

Action and Reaction: Proceedings of a Symposium to Commemorate the Tercentenary of Newton's Principia

Paul Theerman and Adele Seeff, eds. Newark: University of Delaware Press; London and Toronto:
Associated University Presses, 1993. 324 pages, index.

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This volume samples the best current scholarship on Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, its context, and its influence. The essays reflect the depth and diversity of both historical and scientific research that have characterized recent work on Newton. They include an analysis of Newton's experiments in light of modern chemistry, an examination of intellectual links between natural science and economics, and an explication of Newton's argument of universal gravitation and the practice of science.

Contents:

• Stephen J. Brush, Adele Seeff, and Paul Theerman, "Introduction"
• Richard S. Westfall, "The Culmination of the Scientific Revolution: Isaac Newton"
  
• I. Bernard Cohen, "The Principia, the Newtonian Style, and the Newtonian Revolution in Science"
  
• Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, "'The Unity of Truth': An Integrated View of Newton's Work"
  
• Peter Spargo, "Newton's Chemical Experiments: An Analysis in the Light of Modern Chemistry"
  
• William L. Harper, "Reasoning from Phenomena: Newton's Argument for Universal Gravitation and the Practice of Science"
  
• Michael S. Mahoney, "Algebraic vs. Geometric Techniques in Newton's Determination of Planetary Orbits"
  
• Simon Schaffer, "Comets & Idols: Newton's Cosmology and Political Theology"
  
• Anita Guerrini, "Ether Madness: Newtonianism, Religion, and Insanity in Eighteenth-Century England"
  
• Arthur Donovan "Newton and Lavoisier: From Chemistry as a Branch of Natural Philosophy to Chemistry as a Positive Science"
  
• Norriss S. Hetherington, "Isaac Newton and Adam Smith: Intellectual Links between Natural Science and Economics"
  
• Frank Wilczek, "A Modern Look at Newton's Final Queries"
  
• Dufley Shapere, "Overview: Newton's Place in History"