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Opticks was one of the first major scientific texts that was published in English as opposed to Latin. Opticks contributed to the idea of English as a language that signified modernity and progress in the intellectual world. Opticks being in English also lead to greater accessibility and comprehension amongst Newton’s contemporaries. Even ...
Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light : also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures by Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 ; Hemming, G.W., former owner.
Here is one of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science. First published in 1704, Newton's "Opticks" provides not only a survey of the 18th-century knowledge about all aspects of light, but also a countless number of the author's unique scientific insights.
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May 11, 2015 · Opticks. Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton. Prometheus Books, 2003 - Science - 414 pages. Before Newton completed his masterpiece, The Principia Mathematica, he had established his reputation with this treatise on the properties of light. Though on a narrower topic, this work is as impressive in its own right as The Principia, for it provided a ...
May 17, 2012 · As this review will appear on multiple editions of Opticks, please select carefully which you purchase. The present edition of this classic work in the history of science is a printing of an edition which was published in 1931 by Messrs G. Bell and Sons of London with a foreword by Albert Einstein and an introduction by E.T. Whittaker.
- Sir Isaac Newton, I. Bernard Cohen, Albert Einstein
Mar 13, 2012 · LibriVox recording of Opticks, by Isaac Newton. Read by Librivox volunteers. The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton lectured on optics from 1670 - 1672. He worked on the refraction of light into colored beams using prisms and discovered chromatic aberration. He also postulated the corpuscular form of light and an ether to transmit forces between ...
