Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

March 17, 2014

Isaac Newton’s College Notebook

Filed under: Mathematics,Navigation — Patrick Durusau @ 8:30 pm

College Notebook by Isaac Newton.

From the description:

This small notebook was probably used by Newton from about 1664 to 1665. It contains notes from his reading on mathematics and geometry, showing particularly the influence of John Wallis and René Descartes. It also provides evidence of the development of Newton’s own mathematical thinking, including his study of infinite series and development of binomial theorem, the evolution of the differential calculus, and its application to the problem of quadratures and integration.

This notebook contains many blank pages (all shown) and has been used by Newton from both ends. Our presentation displays the notebook in a sensible reading order. It shows the ‘front’ cover and the 79 folios that follow (more than half of them blank) and then turns the notebook upside down showing the other cover and the pages that follow it. A full transcription is provided. The notebook was photographed while it was disbound in 2011.

The video above provides an introduction to Newton’s mathematical thinking at the time of this manuscript.

The Web remains erratic but there are more jewels like this one than say ten (10) years ago.

Curious how you would link up Einstein’s original notes on gravity waves (Einstein Papers Project) with the recent reported observation of gravity waves?

Seems like that would be important. And to collate all the materials on gravity waves between Einstein’s notes and the recent observations.

More and more information is coming online but appears to be as disjointed as it was prior to coming online. That’s a pity.

I first saw this in a tweet by Steven Strogatz.

Steven also points to: What led Newton to discover the binomial theorum? Would you believe it was experimentation and not mathematical proofs?

Hmmm, is there a lesson for designing topic map interfaces? To experiment rather than rely upon the way we know it must be?

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