Fits, Passions and Paroxysms: Physics, Method and Chemistry and Newton's Theories of Colored Bodies and Fits of Easy Reflection - Image 1

£39.39

Cambridge University Press Fits, Passions and Paroxysms: Physics, Method and Chemistry and Newton's Theories of Colored Bodies and Fits of Easy Reflection

Name: Fits, Passions and Paroxysms: Physics, Method and Chemistry and Newton's Theories of Colored Bodies and Fits of Easy Reflection
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Price: 39.39 GBP
Availability: InStock

Physics

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£39 today · previous high £39 · all-time low £35

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 59 days • 59 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 59 days • 4 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £39 (19 days, 32.2%)

Price range: £35 - £39

Price levels: 4 different prices over 59 days

Description

Building upon his pioneering investigation of the colours of thin films, Isaac Newton developed two influential theories, one on the structure of matter, explaining the colours of bodies and the other on fits, describing the periodicity of light. Professor Alan Shapiro, editor of The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton, recounts the development of these theories based on his study of Newton's unpublished manuscripts and analyses their experimental foundation. He also shows the essential role that Newton's philosophy of science played in the formulation and reception of these theories. The second part of the book describes a vigourous dispute over Newton's theory of coloured bodies waged by physicists and chemists for nearly fifty years, from the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century. Professor Shapiro's analysis of this previously unknown dispute and of the reasons for the chemist's attack on Newton's theory illuminates the nature and relation of physics and chemistry during this seminal period of their development.

Product Specifications

Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0521117550
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Popular Science > Physics
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 06 May 2009
Listed Since: 06 April 2009

Barcode

No barcode data available

Cambridge University Press Fits, Passions and Paroxysms: Physics, Method and Chemistry and Newton's Theories of Colored Bodies and Fits of Easy Reflection

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

A Brief History of Colour Theory: Foundations of Colour Science

Duplicity Theory of Vision: From Newton to the Present

Newton - Innovation And Controversy

The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought

Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences)

The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture

A Student's Guide to Newton's Laws of Motion

Goethe's Theory of Colours: Translated From The German, With Notes (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture)

Understanding Space-Time: The Philosophical Development of Physics from Newton to Einstein

Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant: Philosophy And Science In The Eighteenth Century (Boston Studies In The Philosophy And History Of Science): 220

Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws

Optical Coatings and Thermal Noise in Precision Measurement

The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 2, 1667-1670 (The Mathematical Papers of Sir Isaac Newton) (v. 2)

Discovering The Nature Of Light: The Science And The Story

Visions of the Future: Chemistry and Life Science

Physics with Answers: 500 Problems and Solutions

The Investigation of the Physical World

The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism

Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory

Theoretical Problems in Cavity Nonlinear Optics: 21 (Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics, Series Number 21)

Cambridge Scientific Minds

Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

A History of Physics over the Last Two Centuries

Low Temperature Physics