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Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light is a collection of three books by Isaac Newton that was published in English in 1704 (a scholarly Latin translation appeared in 1706). [1]
…masterpiece of experimental physics, the Opticks, published in 1704, in which he showed how to examine a subject experimentally and discover the laws concealed therein. Newton showed how judicious use of hypotheses could open the way to further experimental investigation until a coherent theory was achieved. The Opticks was to… Read More
Opticks is a book by English natural philosopher Isaac Newton that was published in English in 1704. (A scholarly Latin translation appeared in 1706.) The book analyses the fundamental nature of light by means of the refraction of light with prisms and lenses, the diffraction of light by closely spaced sheets of glass, and the behavior of color ...
Newton's book Opticks, published in 1704, explored the nature of light and laid the foundation for the field of optics. In Opticks, Newton presented his groundbreaking...
Aug 3, 2021 · Opticks is a book written by English physicist Isaac Newton that was released to the public in 1704. It is about optics and the refraction of light, and is considered one of the great works of science in history.
In this book he discusses many phenomena including the colors that make up white light, the phenomena now called "Newton's Rings," and an explanation of double refraction to try and give him priority over Huygens's explanation. Creator: Newton, Isaac. Published: Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, London, 1704.
Here is one of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science. First published in 1704, Newton's "Opticks" provides not only a survey of the 18th-century knowledge about all...
