Table of Contents

Newton's scholarship in historical perspective, I.B. Cohen; Newton's experimental investigation of diffraction for the opticks - a preliminary study, A.E. Shapiro; comparison of Newton's diffraction measurements with the theory of Fresnel, M. Nauenberg; Newton's dynamics - the diagram as a diagnostic device, J.B. Brackenridge; fluid resistance - why did Newton change his mind? G.E. Smith; addendum to G. Smith's "Fluid Resistance - Why Did Newton Change His Mind?", M. Nauenberg; Newton's mathematical language, J. Fauvel; Newton's expansion for the square root of an algebraic equation by an equivalent arithmetic method, M. Nauenberg; Newton's Portsmouth perturbation method and its application to lunar motion, M. Nauenberg; review and reminiscences, A.R. Hall; how does one come to edit Newton's mathematics? D.T. Whiteside; from Keplar to Newton - telling the tale, C. Wilson.