{"product_id":"opticks-paperback-4","title":"Opticks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSir Isaac Newton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommended to all scientists. -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Royal Naval Scientific Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe publishers do us a service by issuing this reprint. -- The Institute of Physics\u003cbr\u003eAn underpinning for the entire edifice of physics. -- \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century knowledge about all aspects of light, \u003ci\u003eOpticks\u003c\/i\u003e also offers countless scientific insights by its distinguished author. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, this volume will impress readers with its surprisingly modern perspectives.\u003cbr\u003eIn language that lay readers can easily follow, Sir Isaac Newton describes his famous experiments with spectroscopy and colors, lenses, and the reflection and diffraction of light. Book I contains his fundamental experiments with the spectrum, Book II deals with the ring phenomena, and Book III covers diffraction. The work concludes with Queries -- speculations concerning light and gravitation. \u003ci\u003eOpticks\u003c\/i\u003e is introduced with a Foreword by Albert Einstein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Isaac Newton (1642-1726) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His 1687 monograph, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophia Naturalis Principia, \u003c\/i\u003e lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 7.98 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176247398535,"sku":"9780486602059","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d860f105a271d405058399a15f96018f.webp?v=1733388200","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/opticks-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}