Opticks

by Sir Isaac Newton

Overview

One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks comprises a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, describing Newton's own experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction and more in language the lay person can easily follow. Foreword by Albert Einstein.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781546987314
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/03/2017
Pages:	132
Sales rank:	949,456
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His 1687 monograph, Philosophia Naturalis Principia, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics.

Table of Contents

Preface by I. Bernard Cohen
Foreword by Albert Einstein
Introduction by Sir Edmund Whittaker
Analytical Table of Contents of the OPTICKS prepared by Duane H. D. Roller
Sir Isaac Newton's Advertisements
Book One of the OPTICKS
Book Two of the OPTICKS
Book Three of the OPTICKS
Queries 1-31