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portada The Newtonian Revolution Paperback (The Wiles Lectures)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
1983
Language
English
Pages
424
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0521273803
ISBN13
9780521273800
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The Newtonian Revolution Paperback (The Wiles Lectures)

I. Bernard Cohen (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

The Newtonian Revolution Paperback (The Wiles Lectures) - I. Bernard Cohen

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Synopsis "The Newtonian Revolution Paperback (The Wiles Lectures) "

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 s 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 ecxisting 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.

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