NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA

By OLIVIA HARRIS

CONTENTS PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK PART ONE: NEWTON’S METHODS NEWTON’S METHODS OF SERIES AND ?UXIONS THE MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF THE PRINCIPIA PART TWO: THREE READERS NEWTON: BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION HUYGENS: THE PRINCIPIA AND PROPORTION THEORY LEIBNIZ: NOT EQUIVALENT IN PRACTICE PART THREE: TWO SCHOOLS BRITAIN: IN THE WAKE OF THE PRINCIPIA BASEL: CHALLENGING THE PRINCIPIA CONCLUSION: NEWTONIANS, LEIBNIZIANS AND EULERIANS