Dennis Sepper's deft commentaries, diagrams, and notes help clarify difficulties that modern readers are apt to encounter in Newton's language and science. Sepper also provides an engaging sketch of Newton's life, the scientific background to these discoveries, and their aftermath.
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Dennis Sepper's deft commentaries, diagrams, and notes help clarify difficulties that modern readers are apt to encounter in Newton's language and science. Sepper also provides an engaging sketch of Newton's life, the scientific background to these discoveries, and their aftermath.
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Very Good. Very light shelfwear, the book is clean and readable throughout, a decent copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 2247 p. Masterworks of Discovery.
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246 pp., Paperback, new. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. First edition. Writing inside. (Science, physics, mathematics, Isaac Newton, essay collection)
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New. 081352038X. This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Isaac Newton's classic writings on light and optics are the heart of this volume in the series, Masterworks of Discovery: Guided Studies of Great Texts in Science. The innovative series is aimed at making the great works of scientific discovery accessible to students and lay readers. Newton first revealed his scientific genius in his pathbreaking work on optics and the properties of light. Through Newton's early 1672 letter to the Royal Society and long extracts from his mature work, Opticks (1704), the reader can follow Newton's own descriptions of his experiments on prisms and films, his arguments about white and colored light and the “particle” nature of light, and his influential remarks on scientific method. Dennis Sepper's deft commentaries, diagrams, and notes help clarify difficulties that modern readers are apt to encounter in Newton's language and science."; Masterworks Of Discovery: Guided Studies of Great Texts om Science Series; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches; 246 pages.
