The Trinity of Mass and Newton's Way: From the Principia

R. van der Toorn

The Trinity of Mass and Newton's Way: From the Principia

Mathematical Physics

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Abstract

This monograph studies the idea that there is only a single concept of mass in physics. Notably, this is so not since Albert Einstein, as is the canonical reading, but since Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia (1687) introduced mass as a measure of inertia.

Newton then deduced that mass also measures weight.

Newton also proved that this very same inertial mass finds itself at the source of gravitational attraction. Hence, the twentieth-century distinction between inertial, gravitational and gravitating mass may be didactically useful, but does no justice to the legacy of Isaac Newton. The monograph discusses two aspects of why later readers missed the true content of Newton's legacy. Firstly, because of Newton's redactional choices. Secondly, because of the historical and socio-scientific context: the expectations and attitudes of Newton's peers, readers and criticasters. This is done in the context of the history of Western thought, i.e. philosophy.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	UK
Publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Number of pages	253
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-0364-1148-0
ISBN (Print)	1-0364-1148-6
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2024

Bibliographical note

Ramses van der Toorn (PhD Cum Laude 1997, Utrecht University, Netherlands) is a physicist and a generalist, with a career spanning both industrial (1998 - 2007) and academic research (1990 - 1998; 2007 - present). He has been active in radiation detection, solid state electronics, electron device physics, industrial modeling, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, geophysics, gravity, physics of musical instruments and applied mathematics (symmetries, representation theory, differential equations), including neural networks and machine learning. His published work (31 peer reviewed in 6 distinct academic disciplines) is carried by the author's ability to master and develop a subject in the exact sciences, with an eye for applications and epistemological context. His recent work on Legendre's Equation and his ground breaking work on the Enhanced Frobenius theory shows the author's ability to gain synergy in the exact sciences from their historical and scientific-sociological context. The author has a broad teaching experience in various disciplines, at all academic levels.

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