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Magnificent Principia : exploring Isaac Newton's masterpiece / by Pask, Colin,1943-(CARDINAL)503685;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-523) and index.Introductory material -- How the Principia begins -- Developing the basics of dynamics -- On to more complex situations -- About Principia Book II -- The majestic Principia Book III -- Reception and influence of Principia.Demonstrates how the final edition of Newton's seventeenth-century opus established the modern world's approach to science, illuminating its coverage of topics ranging from projectile motion to the dynamics of the solar system.
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.; Mechanics; Celestial mechanics;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Mathematical principles of natural philosophy ; Optics / by Cajori, Florian,1859-1930.(CARDINAL)147814; Motte, Andrew,-1734.(CARDINAL)191476; Thompson, Silvanus P.(Silvanus Phillips),1851-1916.(CARDINAL)513590; Huygens, Christiaan,1629-1695.Traité de la lumière.English.(CARDINAL)187104; Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.Opticks.(CARDINAL)678643;
Subjects: Celestial mechanics.; Mechanics; Optics; Refraction, Double.; Wave theory of light.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Feynman's lost lecture : the motion of planets around the sun / by Goodstein, David L.,1939-(CARDINAL)274562; Goodstein, Judith R.(CARDINAL)525053;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index.System requirements: IBM compatible PC; CD-ROM drive.
Subjects: Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.; Planets; Celestial mechanics.; Conic sections.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This is rocket science : an activity guide : 70 fun and easy experiments for kids to learn more about our solar system / by Vanstone, Emma,author.(CARDINAL)793354; Dart, Charlotte,photographer.;
Glorious gravity -- Fantastic friction -- Marvelous laws of motion: Newton's first law -- Marvelous laws of motion: Newton's second law -- Marvelous laws of motion: Newton's third law -- Amazing air resistance -- Let's launch -- Crazy combustion and chemical reactions -- Tricky trajectory -- Living in space -- Landscaped landing -- Super solar system.Presents experiments for kids and adults, each designed to show how mechanical science and astrophysics work from the inside out. Kids learn to make scientific observations, ask questions, identify and classify and find answers to their questions, all while investigating space.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Astronomy; Celestial mechanics; Science; Astronomy projects;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Newton : Huygens . by Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.(CARDINAL)138419; Cajori, Florian,1859-1930,editor.(CARDINAL)147814; Motte, Andrew,-1734,translator.(CARDINAL)191476; Thompson, Silvanus P.(Silvanus Phillips),1851-1916.(CARDINAL)513590; Huygens, Christiaan,1629-1695.(CARDINAL)147829;
Newton: Mathematical principles of natural philosophy -- Optics -- Huygens: Treatise on light.
Subjects: Celestial mechanics; Mechanics; Optics; Refraction, Double; Wave theory of light;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Great books of the Western world. by Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.Principia.English.(CARDINAL)744269; Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.Opticks.(CARDINAL)678643; Huygens, Christiaan,1629-1695.Traité de la lumière.English.(CARDINAL)187104; Motte, Andrew,-1734.(CARDINAL)191476; Thompson, Silvanus P.(Silvanus Phillips),1851-1916.(CARDINAL)513590; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.(CARDINAL)147481;
MARCIVE 03/01/06
Subjects: Mechanics; Celestial mechanics; Optics; Wave theory of light; Refraction, Double;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Mathematical principles of natural philosophy. / by Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.(CARDINAL)138419; Cajori, Florian,1859-1930,editor.(CARDINAL)147814; Motte, Andrew,-1734,translator.(CARDINAL)191476; Thompson, Silvanus P.(Silvanus Phillips),1851-1916,translator.(CARDINAL)513590; Huygens, Christiaan,1629-1695.Traité de la lumière.; Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.Opticks.(CARDINAL)678643;
Mathematical principles of natural philosophy: Book I: Method of first and last ratios -- Determination of centripetal forces -- Motion of bodies in eccentric conic sections -- Finding of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic orbits from the focus given -- How the orbits are to be found when neither focus is given -- How the motions are to be found in given orbits -- Rectilinear ascent and descent of bodies -- Determination of orbits in which bodies will revolve, being acted upon by any sort of centripetal force -- Motion of bodies in movable orbits; and the motion of the apsides -- Motion of bodies in given surfaces; and the oscillating pendulous motion of bodies -- Motions of bodies tending to each other with centripetal forces -- Attractive forces of spherical bodies -- Attractive forces of bodies which are not spherical -- Motion of very small bodies when agitated by centripetal forces tending to the several parts of any very great body -- Book II: Motion of bodies (In resisting mediums): Motion of bodies that are resisted in the ratio of the velocity -- Motion of bodies that are resisted as the square of their velocities -- Motion of bodies that are resisted partly in the ratio of the velocities, and partly as the square of the same ratio -- Circular motion of bodies in resisting mediums -- Density and compression of fluids; hydrostatics -- Motion and resistance of pendulous bodies -- Motion of fluids and the resistance made to projected bodies -- Motion propagated through fluids -- Circular motion of fluids -- Book III: System of the world (In mathematical treatment): Rules of reasoning in philosophy -- Phenomena -- Propositions -- Motion of the moon's nodes -- General Scholium / Sir Isaac Newton -- Optics / Sir Isaac Newton -- Treatise on light / Christiaan Huygens.
Subjects: Celestial mechanics; Mechanics; Optics; Refraction, Double; Wave theory of light;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Newton and the antigravity formula / by Novelli, Luca,1947-author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)755035;
Describes the life and accomplishments of the famous physicist and mathematician, detailing the advances he made in the fields of motion, universal gravitation, and calculus.
Subjects: Biographies.; Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727; Physicists; Physics; Gravity; Celestial mechanics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Galileo Galilei / by White, Michael,1959-2018.(CARDINAL)334465;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The story of the brilliant Italian scholar hounded by the Inquisition because of his views on the universe.
Subjects: Biographies.; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Celestial mechanics; Astronomy; Astronomers; Mécanique céleste; Astronomie; Astronomes;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The compleat astrologer : the practical encyclopaedia of astrological science : incorporating astrology ancient and modern, how to cast, interpret, and make predictions from your own birth chart, aspects, progressions, planetary positions, and tables : plus the first ever atlas of astrology explaining in full colour the secrets of celestial mechanics / by Parker, Derek,1932-(CARDINAL)151552(CARDINAL)791152; Parker, Julia.(CARDINAL)151553;
Subjects: Astrology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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