Euler, Newton, and Foundations for Mechanics

In Chris Smeenk & Eric Schliesser, Oxford Handbook of Isaac Newton. Oxford University Press. pp. 1-22 (2018)
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This chapter looks at Euler’s relation to Newton, and at his role in the rise of ‘Newtonian’ mechanics. It aims to give a sense of Newton’s complicated legacy for Enlightenment science, and to raise awareness that some key ‘Newtonian’ results really come from Euler.

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Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science.Immanuel Kant - 1970 - New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Michael Friedman.
Mècanique Analytique (Analytical Mechanics).J. L. Lagrange - forthcoming - Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
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La Mecánica y el Espíritu. Leonhard Euler y los orígenes del dualisme contaporáneo.Juan Arana - 1995 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 185 (3):346-346.

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