Newton optics6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Einstein’s Forward to Opticks, 1931įortunate Newton, happy childhood of science! He who has time and tranquility can by reading this book live again the wonderful events which the great Newton experienced in his young days. Opticks was Newton’s second major book on physical science. It is considered one of the great works of science in history. (A scholarly Latin translation appeared in 1706.) The book analyses the fundamental nature of light by means of the refraction of light with prisms and lenses, the diffraction of light by closely spaced sheets of glass, and the behavior of color mixtures with spectral lights or pigment powders. Opticks is a book by English natural philosopher Isaac Newton that was published in English in 1704. Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow. You are here: Home > Isaac Newton Writings > Opticks by Sir Isaac Newton Opticks by Sir Isaac Newton Summary One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks presents a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light. ![]()
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