Isaac NewtonBesprekingen

2/28/22

This groundbreaking treatise on the nature of light was originally written in 1704 by Sir Isaac Newton. This particular book is based on the fourth edition, which was printed in 1730. Using practical and repeatable experiments, Newton demonstrates the nature of light and the origins of color. I'm not sure if this is abridged or not but either way it is quite interesting.

I have read The Principia which is also by Newton, but Opticks is far more understandable and accessible. Principia was mostly based on theory and was translated from Latin, so it is a breath of fresh air to have a book that was originally written in English and has images that are close to the text that refers to them. Also, Opticks is quite practical since the experiments can be reproduced. All you need is a set of prisms, natural light and a way to shut out that light.

The treatise is split into three books, but I don't think it is complete. I believe the preface mentioned that some of the book was removed in the later editions, but I don't think it took away from the book itself. This book also contains a portion containing the history of the treatise and a forward by Albert Einstein.

All in all, this book was quite amazing and well written. I would certainly read this again.

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Minitab is a great app for understanding and learning statistics and this book does a good job of introducing the tool in a logical way. Each chapter is dedicated to a particular topic in statistics and provides recipes for tasks within that topic.

I rate this only three stars because it is too rote (compared to other cookbooks I've used) and doesn't provide a lot of theoretical context.

An intriguing selection from Newton's own writings. Gives a nice overview of his ideas without too much of the math.

I am in awe of Isaac Newton. I can not fathom the intelligence required to write this work. It is truly an impressive accomplishment and I am luck to have found such a nice copy.

Sir Issac Newton's analysis of 1John 5:7-8 and also 1Tim 3:16. An incredible amount of detail on the various manuscripts and sources that did or didn't have "three in heaven" in their version and why he feels the evidence leads to the conclusion that there was a corruption of the scripture.

To follow the argument, it does help if one has done some reading or studying of Bible history and of the ancient manuscripts. Else when he speaks in XVI of "Yes, truly, those Arians were crafty knaves, that would conspire so cunningly and slily all over the world at once" ... to razed the passage out of their books - provides a hearty guffaw if one has knowledge of Arianism

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Isaac Newton was the first chronological revisionist, in the vein of Velikovsky and Rohl. And, in fact, like Rohl, he makes Sesostris, i.e. Ramesses II, the Shishak of the Bible. Like the Pierce's wonderful edition of James Ussher's work, this work has new appendicies and references and is set in new type. But, but, but... it also suffers from the Pierce's blind and unthinking acceptance of Archbishop Ussher's unimaginative (and mostly erroneous) biblical chronology. This otherwise nifty reprinting of Newton's chronological artifact is marred by the fact that the editors change dates to make it fit their biblical chronology. Thus sentences like this in the introduction: "Newton thought that Saul reigned for only ten years, whereas he reigned for forty. A few dates before Saul's reign were changed accordingly and noted." "[If Newton would only have accepted Ussher's correct chronology, then] he would have seen his error." And so forth. This makes it less a document of Newton's and more a Pierce hobby-horse. Thus, three-and-a-half stars.½

The most important book ever published.

(Wait, what? "Flagged as not a review"???? Some might disagree, but how is this NOT a review?)

An excellent modern English 'translation' of Newton's epoch-making treatise.

Amazing -- so many things to discover then still tightly integrated together. Most of this work involves basics of physics and astronomy, including geometric proofs related to the moon's pull on tides, comets, fluid dynamics, et al. Newton did most of his truly cutting edge work in just a few concentrated years, but remained involved in political and educational offices for most of his 85 years. The geometric proofs often involve some very complex lemmas.

7/9/22

7/9/22

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