Domenico Bertonloni Meli, Domenico Bertoloni Meli

Equivalence and Priority

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Bertoloni's book provides a very detailed and deep analysis of Leibniz's calculus and dynamics by focusing on a consistent and important set of previously unknown manuscripts..." Niccolo Guicciardini, Universita de Bologna "...Equivalence and Priority is a major contribution to our understanding of the development of mathematical physics in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century." Daniel Garber, University of Chigago

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Leibniz's dispute with Newton over the physico-mathematical theories expounded in the Principia Mathematica (1687) have long been identified as a crucial episode in the history of science. Bertolini Meli here examines several hitherto unpublished manuscripts in Leibniz's hand illustrating his first reading of and reaction to Newton's Principia. Six of the most important manuscripts are here presented for the first time. Contrary to Leibniz's own claims, this new evidence shows that he had studied Newton's masterpiece before publishing An Essay on the Causes of Celestial Motions. This article, representing his response to Newton, also included in English translation. Meli analyzes the important implications of this episode on a variety of themes ranging from priority claims to the mathematization of nature in the 17th century. Besides providing a careful study of Leibniz's style and strategy, the author examines how our perception of Newton's achievement is affected and the reception of the rival theories by the mathematical community around 1700. This unique work will interest all historians of science and philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780198501435
• ISBN-10: 0198501439
• Artikelnr.: 21581236

Autorenporträt

Dr Domenico Bertoloni Meli, 315 Sheffield Drive, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA Email: [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

General introduction
1: Astronomy and the Keplerian programme
2: Vortices and fluids: from gravity to elasticity
3: Geometry and the calculus
4: Mathematical representations of motion and force
5: The private itinerary
6: Publication
7: Reflections on Leibniz's theory and its development
8: A reappraisal of Newton's itinerary
9: The Reception of Newtonian and Leibnizian theories
Appendix One
Appendix Two
Appendix Three
Abbreviations
Index