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Roger Cotes - Natural Philosopher
Ronald Gowing
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hardcover. An appreciation of the life's work of one of the most distinguished early Newtonians. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 455. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Roger Cotes (1682–1716) was the first Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, at Trinity College, Cambridge. One of the most distinguished, and certainly one of the most ardent, of the early Newtonians he did important work in mathematics and astronomy and edited the second edition of Newton's Principia. Cotes died young and published only one paper, the Logometria, during his lifetime; a translation of this paper is given in the Appendix. Most of Cotes's papers were published posthumously in Latin in Harmonia Mensurarum in 1722. Dr Gowing discusses Cotes' work in some detail but has written the work in ... Read more
Roger Cotes (1682–1716) was the first Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, at Trinity College, Cambridge. One of the most distinguished, and certainly one of the most ardent, of the early Newtonians he did important work in mathematics and astronomy and edited the second edition of Newton's Principia. Cotes died young and published only one paper, the Logometria, during his lifetime; a translation of this paper is given in the Appendix. Most of Cotes's papers were published posthumously in Latin in Harmonia Mensurarum in 1722. Dr Gowing discusses Cotes' work in some detail but has written the work in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521237413
SKU
KSG0036425
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