Emilie Du Châtelet Between Leibniz and Newton

Book Overview

Emilie Du Ch telet between Leibniz and Newton: The Transformation of Metaphysics, R. Hagengruber.- Maupertuis' Lettre sur la com te, H. Hecht.- Between Newton and Leibniz: Emilie du Ch telet and Samuel Clarke, S. Hutton.- "Sancti Bernoulli orate pro nobis". Emilie du Ch telet's rediscovered Essai sur l'optique and her relation to the mathematicians from Basel, F. Nagel.- Leonhard Euler and Emilie Du Ch telet. On the post-Newtonian development of mechanics, D. Suisky.- Leibniz's quantity of force: a 'heresy'? Emilie Du Ch telets Institutions in the context of the vis viva controversy, A. Reichenberger.- From translation to philosophical discourse - Emilie du Ch telet's commentaries on Newton and Leibniz, U. Winter.- Selected Bibliography Emilie Du Ch telet.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400720742
• ISBN13: 9789400720749
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"