Action and reaction : proceedings of a symposium to commemorate the tercentenary of Newton's Principia / edited by Paul Theerman and Adele F. Seeff.

Newark, Del. : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, [1993], ©1993.

324 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portrait ; 25 cm

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The culmination of the scientific revolution : Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall -- The Principia, the Newtonian style, and the Newtonian revolution in science / I. Bernard Cohen -- "The unity of truth" : an integrated view of Newton's work / Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs -- Newton's chemical experiments : an analysis in the light of modern chemistry / Peter Spargo -- Reasoning from phenomena : Newton's argument for universal gravitation and the practice of science / William L. Harper -- Algebraic vs. geometric techniques in Newton's determination of planetary orbits / Michael S. Mahoney -- Comets & idols : Newton's cosmology and political theology / Simon Schaffer -- Ether madness : Newtonianism, religion, and insanity in eighteenth-century England / Anita Guerrini -- Newton and Lavoisier : from chemistry as a branch of natural philosophy to chemistry as a positive science / Arthur Donovan -- Isaac Newton and Adam Smith : intellectual links between natural science and economics / Norriss S. Hetherington -- A modern look at Newton's final queries / Frank Wilczek -- Overview : Newton's place in history / Dudley Shapere.

Includes bibliographic references and index