Opticks, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections & colours of light
By: Isaac Newton.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1979
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Optics -- Early works to 1800
Description: One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks presents a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light. Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow.
Notes: Based on the 4th ed., London, 1730. With a foreword by Albert Einstein ; an introduction by Edmund Whittaker ; a preface by I. Bernard Cohen ; and an analytical table of contents prepared by Duane H.D. Roller.

Includes bibliographical references.