The Key to Newton's Dynamics

  PREFACE
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 collapse sectionPART ONE—  THE BACKGROUND TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION
 expand sectionOne—  A Simplified Solution:  The Area Law, the Linear Dynamics Ratio, and the Law of Gravitation
 collapse sectionTwo—  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
 expand sectionThree—  Newton's Early Dynamics:  On Uniform Circular Motion

 collapse sectionPART TWO—  A GUIDED STUDY TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION
 expand sectionFour—  The Paradigm Constructed: On Motion , Theorems 1, 2, and 3
 expand sectionFive—  The Paradigm Applied: On Motion , Problems 1, 2, and 3
 expand sectionSix—  The Paradigm Extended: On Motion , Theorem 4 and Problem 4

 collapse sectionPART THREE—  THE REVISIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO NEWTON'S SOLUTION
 expand sectionSeven—  The Principia and its Relationship to On Motion :  A Reference Guide for the Reader
 expand sectionEight—  Newton's Unpublished Proposed Revisions:  Two New Methods Revealed
 expand sectionNine—  Newton's Published Recast Revisions:  Two New Methods Concealed
 expand sectionTen—  Newton's Dynamics in Modern Mathematical Dress:  The Orbital Equation and the Dynamics Ratios

 expand sectionAPPENDIX
 expand sectionNotes
 expand sectionREFERENCES
 expand sectionINDEX TO THE GUIDED STUDY AND THE TRANSLATION
 expand sectionGENERAL INDEX

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