Isaac Newton
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Dover edition.
Physical Desc
cxxii, 406 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century knowledge about all aspects of light, Opticks also offers countless scientific insights by its distinguished author. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, this volume will impress readers with its surprisingly modern perspectives. In language that lay readers can easily follow, Sir Isaac Newton describes his famous experiments with spectroscopy and colors, lenses, and the...
Author
Series
Great books of the Western World. 5th year volume 5, no. 9-11
Pub. Date
1956
Physical Desc
37, 106, xxviii, 49 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English