Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
Further Thoughts on Anachronism: A Presentist Reading of Newton’s Principia / N. GUICCIARDINI CORSI SALVIATI (ARCHIMEDES). - In: The Richness of the History of Mathematics: A Tribute to Jeremy Gray / [a cura di] Chemla, K., Ferreirós, J., Ji, L., Scholz, E., Wang, C.. - Cham : Springer Nature, 2023. - ISBN 978-3-031-40854-0. - pp. 131-154 [10.1007/978-3-031-40855-7_5]
Abstract:
This chapter is an exercise in anachronism. I read a hitherto unnoticed
corollary in Newton’s Principia availing myself of concepts and results that
were obviously unavailable to the author. I contend that even extreme forms of
anachronism can be helpful in the historical interpretation of past mathematical
texts. I also claim that such anachronistic readings must be followed by an attempt to
capture the differences between past and present mathematics. The text I analyze is
Proposition 41, Book 1, and its three corollaries (especially, the second one), which
are part of a set of propositions where Newton deals with the motion of a body
accelerated by a central force.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Isaac Newton; central forces; history of mathematics
Elenco autori:
N. GUICCIARDINI CORSI SALVIATI
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Titolo del libro:
The Richness of the History of Mathematics: A Tribute to Jeremy Gray