Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light. Based on the 4th Ed., London, 1730One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks presents a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light. Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow. |
Contents
Foreword by Albert Einstein | xi |
ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS | lxxxiv |
Purpose of this book | c |
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