The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton 2 Volume Hardback Set
Cambridge University Press, 2/25/2021
EAN 9781108954228, ISBN10: 1108954227
Hardcover, 1080 pages, 30 x 19.6 x 7.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This complete edition of Newton's optical papers contains two volumes: the first details his Optical Lectures, delivered at Cambridge University between 1670 and 1672, while the second documents the evolution of the Opticks, the most influential optical and experimental work of the eighteenth century. The Lectures is Newton's first major scientific treatise, and represents a crucial link between his early years of discovery and his mature publications. The complete text of both surviving versions of the Lectures, an early version and a vastly expanded revision, is included here, together with translation and commentary. The second volume opens with the first edition of the Opticks (1704) and the first draft in Latin. The manuscripts of the queries that Newton added to the Latin translation in 1706 and the second English edition (1717) follow this, accompanied by shorter manuscripts, copious notes and commentary. This is an essential resource for the study of Newtonian science.
Volume 1
Introduction
Synopsis of the Lectiones opticae and Optica and their major differences
Concordance of article numbers
Lectiones opitcae
Optica
Part I. The Refractions of Light Rays
1. The refrangibility of rays differs
2. The measure of refractions
3. The refractions of planes
4. The refractions of curved surfaces
Part II. The Origin of Colors
5. The doctrine of colors is set forth and proved by prismatic experiments
6. Various phenomena of colors
Bibliography
Index
Volume 2
1. Introduction
2. First edition of the Opticks
3. Fundamentum Opticae (The Foundation of Optics)
4. Additions to Optice
5. Queries 17–31 for the second English edition of the Opticks (1717)
Bibliography
Index.