"This paper explores the rhetorical strategies Newton deployed to convince his audience that his conclusions were certain and unchallengeable."

Fara Patricia. 2015 Newton shows the light: a commentary on Newton (1672) ‘A letter … containing his new theory about light and colours…’ Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 373: 20140213. 20140213 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0213 #OpenAccess #OA #Review #Article #Optics #Newton #Descartes #History #Science #HistSci #Physics #C17th #17thCentury nostr:npub1fv25x0uawls034qqlleqymhx9wx574xt0ujlscjjzh5akjx0kars7rwutw nostr:npub1qj2yjt3sw870ywvdh7gvqmjvq4zfx2r83fylct9j9d3qsy29aauq28ad8e nostr:npub1anexfx8hklulupgdwjdm409lnmra7hrqm885wjcv5hzxyht4djqqr6sjzk