The Cambridge Companion to Newton

Newton’s outstanding contribution to mathematics and physics is generally recognised, but less well known is his interest in, and contribution to, other areas of knowledge. Both are covered in this volume, which is one of a series presenting the works of the philosophers, although Newton was not a philosopher in the normal sense of the word. His main contribution was to begin the divergence of the sciences from philosophy. Nevertheless Newtonian science has been one of the bases of modern philosophy and one of the main aims of this book is to enable readers to become better judges of how...