This collection of original essays by his former graduate students and colleagues honors Richard S. Westfall, a highly influential scholar in the history of the physical sciences and their relations with religion. The book is divided into three parts that reflect Professor Westfall's scholarly interests and activity: the life, work, and influence of Newton; science and religion; and historiographical and social studies of science. These contributions represent a variety of approaches to the history of science, including the development of scientific ideas per se, the influence of philosophical and religious ideas on the development of science, and the study of science as a social activity. This valuable collection demonstrates the wide scope of Professor Westfall's influence on his students and on the scholarly community as a whole.
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This collection of original essays honors Richard S. Westfall, a highly influential scholar in the history of the physical sciences and their relations with religion. It is divided into three parts: the life, work, and influence of Newton; science and religion; and historiographical and social studies of science.
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Isaac Newton's chemistry has been studied primarily in the material he published in his old age in the Queries of the Opticks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Isaac Newton, Cambridge University Press, Thomas Aquinas, Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, Robert Boyle, Georgius Agricola, Notre Dame, Tycho Brahe, Newton's Principia, Harvard University Press, General Scholium, Pierre Gassendi, Certain Philosophical Questions, John Locke, Royal Society, University Library Cambridge, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Marie Boas, Walter Charleton, Bank of England, Bernard Cohen, Charles Taylor New!
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celestial nobility, cursus integer, electric spirit, celestial perfection, fatty earth, insect generation, three superior planets, occult actions, occult qualities, fewer motions, corporeal properties, mechanical philosophers, fire analysis, unexplained forces, vis inertiae, vis insita, variant edition, acid spirit, true scientific knowledge, subtle spirit, uniform rectilinear motion, elementary qualities, mechanical philosophy, celestial region, impressed force Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Isaac Newton, Cambridge University Press, Thomas Aquinas, Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, Robert Boyle, Georgius Agricola, Notre Dame, Tycho Brahe, Newton's Principia, Harvard University Press, General Scholium, Pierre Gassendi, Certain Philosophical Questions, John Locke, Royal Society, University Library Cambridge, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Marie Boas, Walter Charleton, Bank of England, Bernard Cohen, Charles Taylor New!
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- Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and Treatise On Light (Great books of the Western World, v. 34) by Isaac Newton on 6 pages
- The Idea of History: With Lectures 1926-1928 by R. G. Collingwood on page 246, page 258, and page 260
- Thinking Matter: Materialism in Eighteenth Century Britain by John W. Yolton on page 245, page 269, and page 271
- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican by Galileo Galilei on page 150, page 262, and page 263
- Francis Bacon: The New Organon (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Francis Bacon on page 208, page 210, and page 211
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- Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World by Margaret J. Osler on 5 pages
- The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought by Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs on page 9, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Robert Boyle and the Limits of Reason by Jan W. Wojcik on page 98, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A History of Natural Philosophy: From the Ancient World to the Nineteenth Century by Edward Grant on page 292, and Back Matter
- Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World (Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion) by Randall Styers in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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