Books in the Optical Papers of Isaac Newton series

The first volume of a three-volume complete edition of Newton's optical papers contains his Optical Lectures, delivered at Cambridge University between 1670 and 1672. Originally published in 1984, this edition made available the complete text, together with translation and commentary, of both surviving versions of the Lectures, a draft and a vastly expanded revision.

Shapiro documents, through its three principal published editions, the evolution of Newton's Opticks - the most influential optical and experimental work of the eighteenth century - together with related material, including the queries. It is an essential resource for historians and philosophers of science, as well as historians of philosophy.