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Eight— Newton's Unpublished Proposed Revisions: Two New Methods Revealed |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 |