The Key to Newton's Dynamics |
PREFACE |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
![]() | PART ONE— THE BACKGROUND TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION |
![]() | One— A Simplified Solution: The Area Law, the Linear Dynamics Ratio, and the Law of Gravitation |
![]() | Two— An Overview of Newton's Dynamics: The Problem of the Planets and the Principia |
• | The Direct Problem |
• | Newton's Debt to Descartes |
• | Kepler's Law of Equal Areas and the Polygonal Approximation |
• | Newton's Debt to Galileo |
• | The Parabolic Approximation and the Linear Dynamics Ratio |
• | Elliptical Orbits and the Parabolic Approximation |
• | The Circular Approximation and the Circular Dynamics Ratio |
• | Conclusion |
![]() | Three— Newton's Early Dynamics: On Uniform Circular Motion |
![]() | PART TWO— A GUIDED STUDY TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION |
![]() | Four— The Paradigm Constructed: On Motion , Theorems 1, 2, and 3 |
![]() | Five— The Paradigm Applied: On Motion , Problems 1, 2, and 3 |
![]() | Six— The Paradigm Extended: On Motion , Theorem 4 and Problem 4 |
![]() | PART THREE— THE REVISIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION |
![]() | Seven— The Principia and its Relationship to On Motion : A Reference Guide for the Reader |
![]() | Eight— Newton's Unpublished Proposed Revisions: Two New Methods Revealed |
![]() | Nine— Newton's Published Recast Revisions: Two New Methods Concealed |
![]() | Ten— Newton's Dynamics in Modern Mathematical Dress: The Orbital Equation and the Dynamics Ratios |
![]() | APPENDIX |
![]() | Notes |
![]() | REFERENCES |
![]() | INDEX TO THE GUIDED STUDY AND THE TRANSLATION |
![]() | GENERAL INDEX |