The Path of Halley's Comet, and Newton's Late Apprehension of the Law of Gravity

DOI10.1080/000337999296328zbMath0973.01008OpenAlexW1995381962WikidataQ58136831 ScholiaQ58136831MaRDI QIDQ2735943

Nicholas Kollerstrom

Publication date: 5 September 2001

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/000337999296328

zbMATH Keywords

inertialaw of gravityNewtonDescartes' theory of vortices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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