Roger Cotes - Natural Philosopher

by Ronald Gowing

Book Overview

Roger Cotes (1682-1716) was the first Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, at Trinity College, Cambridge. One of the most distinguished, and certainly one of the most ardent, of the early Newtonians he did important work in mathematics and astronomy and edited the second edition of Newton's Principia. Cotes died young and published only one paper, the Logometria, during his lifetime; a translation of this paper is given in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526493
• ISBN13: 9780521526494
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"