Bibliograph

Opticks;, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections & colours of light. Based on the 4th ed., London, 1730;, with a foreword by Albert Einstein, an introd. by Sir Edmund Whittaker, a pref. by I. Bernard Cohen, and an analytical table of contents prepared by Duane H.D. Roller

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Opticks;, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections & colours of light. Based on the 4th ed., London, 1730;, with a foreword by Albert Einstein, an introd. by Sir Edmund Whittaker, a pref. by I. Bernard Cohen, and an analytical table of contents prepared by Duane H.D. Roller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages l-lviii)

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portraitsfacsimilesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Opticks;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

535546

Responsibility statement

with a foreword by Albert Einstein, an introd. by Sir Edmund Whittaker, a pref. by I. Bernard Cohen, and an analytical table of contents prepared by Duane H.D. Roller

Series statement

Dover histories and classics of science, S205

Sub title

or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections & colours of light. Based on the 4th ed., London, 1730;

Summary

One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks presents a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light. Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow

Table Of Contents

Book one of the Opticks -- Book two of the Opticks -- Book three of the Opticks -- Queries 1-31

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