An Edition of Isaac Newton's Optical Papers, Volumes 2 and 3

艾萨克·牛顿对现代科学及其方法论的发展做出了划时代的贡献。然而，在牛顿的一生中，他只出版了两本书和几篇论文。直到上一代，随着他的通信(1959-77)和数学论文(1967-81)的出版，他大量幸存的论文中的一部分才为人所知，并得到了研究。这些未出版的著作具有很大的历史价值，极大地丰富和修改了我们对他的生平和作品以及对早期现代科学的解读。在他的职业生涯中，牛顿研究了广泛的光学话题，包括颜色和折射、干涉现象、光学仪器的构造以及光的性质。由于牛顿的光学研究对他自己的科学发展和对科学发展的理解是如此基础，它已经得到了广泛的认可，以至于迫切需要他的光学论文的一个版本。1984年，在NSF的支持下，我出版了艾萨克·牛顿光学论文三卷本的第一卷，目前的项目将准备第二卷和第三卷出版。╣│？？/┤/▓？？，┴╝╣原媛？？╝/└/╝╣？？/┐┤╣？│？元？/元╣│%┐┤？│╣？元╣？元/┤║？╣？║？？╝？║？%╣│`_/，？╝？/┤元？？╝/%║┐▓%╣│

The contributions of Isaac Newton to the development of modern science and its methodology were epoch-making. Yet in his lifetime Newton chose to publish only two books and a few papers. Only in the past generation, with the publication of his Correspondence (1959-77) and Mathematical Papers (1967-81) has even a portion of the vast quantity of his surviving papers have become known and studied. These unpublished works have been of great historical value, significantly enriching and modifying our interpretation of his life and works, as well as that of early modern science. During his career Newton treated a broad range of optical topics, including color and refraction, interference phenomena, the construction of optical instruments, and the nature of light. Because Newton's optical investigations are so fundamental to his own scientific development, and to an understanding of the development of science, it has been widely recognized than an edition of his optical papers is sorely needed. In 1984, with support from NSF, I published the first volume of a three-volume edition of The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton, and the current project will prepare volumes 2 and 3 for publication. ╣│%Á¢ /┤ / ▓??, ┴╝╣¥¥Á Â?╝ / └/╝╣Á¥` ? /┐┤╣Á│Á¢ ¥©/¥ ╣│%┐┤Á ¢│╣Á¥╣¢¥¢ /┤ ║©╣%?¢?║©Á╝¢ ║?%╣│` _/,Á╝¢ /┤ ¥©Á ÀÁÁ╝/% ║┐▓%╣│