Standing on the shoulders of giants: A longer view of Newton and Halley. Essays commemorating the tercentenary of Newton's Principia and the 1985-1986 return of Comet Halley (1990)
Thrower, Norman Joseph William (Editor)
University of California Press
Physical Details: xxvi + 429 pp.; illus.; notes; index
Description Contents: Westfall, Richard S., Funk, Gerald: Newton, Halley, and the system of patronage. Howse, Derek: Newton, Halley, and the Royal Observatory. Débarbat, Suzanne: Newton, Halley, and the Paris Observatory. Kubrin, David: “Such an impertinently lititious lady”: Hooke's “Great Pretending” vs. Newton's Principia and Newton's and Halley's theory of comets. Cohen, I. Bernard: Halley's two essays on Newton's Principia. Force, James E.: Newton's “sleeping argument” and the Newtonian synthesis of science and religion. Dobbs, B.J.T.: Newton as alchemist and theologian. Van Helden, Albert: Halley and the dimensions of the solar system. Cook, Alan H.: Halley, surveyor and military engineer: Istria, 1703. Waters, D.W.: Captain Edmond Halley, F.R.S., Royal Navy, and the practice of navigation. Thrower, Norman J.W.: The royal patrons of Edmond Halley, with special reference to his maps. Albury, W.R.: Halley and the barometer. Stephenson, F. Richard: The ancient history of Halley's Comet. Schaffer, Simon: Halley, Delisle, and the making of the comet. Genuth, Sara Schechner: Newton and the ongoing teleological role of comets. Forbes, Eric G.: The comet of 1680-1681. Hughes, David W.: Edmond Halley: His interest in comets. Waff, Craig B.: The First International Halley Watch: Guiding the worldwide search for Comet Halley, 1755-1759.
Review Feingold, M. (1995) Review of "Standing on the shoulders of giants: A longer view of Newton and Halley. Essays commemorating the tercentenary of Newton's Principia and the 1985-1986 return of Comet Halley". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 88-89).
Review Bennett, J.A. (1994) Review of "Standing on the shoulders of giants: A longer view of Newton and Halley. Essays commemorating the tercentenary of Newton's Principia and the 1985-1986 return of Comet Halley". Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography (pp. 182-83).
Review Yoder, J.G. (1992) Review of "Standing on the shoulders of giants: A longer view of Newton and Halley. Essays commemorating the tercentenary of Newton's Principia and the 1985-1986 return of Comet Halley". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 136-37).
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