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May 15, 2000
Publications
Michael Nauenberg
Professor
emeritus of physics Michael Nauenberg is coeditor of a book entitled The Foundations
of Newtonian Scholarship, which will be available in June from World Scientific
press. Nauenberg worked with Richard H. Dalitz of Oxford University to edit the book,
which presents new developments and insights in Newtonian scholarship for students
and scholars interested in the history and philosophy of science.
Newtonian scholarship has taken great steps forward in the last half-century. The
recent completion of critical editions of Newton's mathematical papers and of his
scientific correspondence, as well as the publication of the first volume of his
optical papers and of variant readings of the Principia in the original Latin,
have made most of Newton's scientific work generally available for study and analysis
for the first time. This has provided a better understanding of Newton's Principia
and Optics, especially regarding their origin and interpretation, much of
which has remained obscure for several centuries.
The new book includes papers by several of the scholars who have made these primary
sources accessible and by others who are using them to elucidate Newton's work. Most
of the papers included were presented at the Symposium on the Foundations of Newtonian
Scholarship, organized by Nauenberg and Dalitz and held at the Royal Society
of London in March 1997.
Currently Professor Nauenberg is working on a proposal to initiate a program in
history of science and technology on our campus. For details see http://mike.ucsc.edu/~michael/.
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