| YEAR |
BOOK |
SUBJECT |
CONTRIBUTION |
| 1687 |
Philosophia naturalis
principia mathematica |
Terrestial physics;
celestial mechanics. |
Revised edition, Cambridge, 1713;
reprints, Amsterdam, 1714, 1723; London, 1726. Synthesis of
terrestrial physics (three laws of motion) and celestial physics (universal
gravitation). |
| 1704 |
Optics |
Phenomena of colors
(reflection, refraction, etc.)
the nature of light;
experimentation. |
First edition, English; Enlarged
editions, 1706 (Latin), and 1717 and 1718 (English). Laws of reflection,
refraction; experimental method; experimental physics. |
| 1711 |
De analysi |
Pure mathematics;
calculus. |
Foundational work on calculus. |
1717 &
1718 |
Enumerato linearum
tertii ordinis [1667] and Tractavus
de uadratura curvarum |
Pure mathematics;
calculus. |
Specific illustrations of his fluxions
and fluents later generalized in the Methodus fluxionum. |
1736
[1671] |
Methodus fluxionum et
serierum infinitarum |
Pure mathematics, fluxions.
Calculus in more general
terms. |
Shows Newton's methods for fluxional
calculus in more general terms that De alalysi (1711), e.g., the
method of quadrature and the inverse method of tangents. |
