La loi de la gravitation universelle Newton, Euler et Laplace : Le cheminement d’une révolution scientifique vers une science normale = The law of universal gravitation Newton, Euler and Laplace: The progress of a scientific revolution towards a normal science
Publication year: 2007
ISBN: 978-2-287-72083-3
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An analysis of Newton's ideas dismisses this hypothesis by the simple fact that the Principia sought to demonstrate the fallacy of earlier approaches. However, Newton suffered a failure in the application of his theory of gravitation to the explanation of the movement of the Moon, failure which marked the development of celestial mechanics throughout the 18th century. Clairaut, d'Alembert and Euler doubted the validity of Newtonian law almost at the same time and their ideas advanced celestial mechanics which reached the state of "normal science" with Laplace's treatise on celestial mechanics, a century after Newton.
Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Mathematical Sciences, Clairaut, Euler, Gravity, Isaac Newton, Newton, Robert Hooke, Universe, Loi de gravitation universelle, Mécanique céleste, Théorie de la lune, Universe, Universal law of gravitation, Celestial mechanics, Moon theory
