Edwards, Matthew R. (Editor)
Apeiron
Publication date: 2002
Language: English
Physical Details: iv + 316 pp., illus., bibl.
Description Includes historical and scientific articles on theories of gravity, focusing on George-Louis Le Sage's ideas. Contents includes: James *Evans, Gravity in the Century of Light: Sources, Construction and Reception of Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation (pp. 9-40); Frans van *Lunteren, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier on the Mechanical Cause of Universal Gravitation (pp. 41-60); E. J. *Aiton, Newton's Aether-Stream Hypothesis and the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation (pp. 61-64); Matthew R. *Edwards, Le Sage's Theory of Gravity: The Revival by Kelvin and Some Later Developments (pp. 65-78); Roberto de Andrade *Martins, Majorana's Experiments on Gravitational Absorption (pp. 219-238).
Review Lacki, Jan (2003) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". Gesnerus (p. 110).
Review Eisenstaedt, Jean (2005) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (p. 519).
Review Fraser, Craig (2004) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 233).
Review Kragh, Helge (2002) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology.
Review Kleinert, Andreas (2002) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 698).
Review Homburg, Ernst (2003) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 240).
Review Steinle, Friedrich (2004) Review of "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 234).
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