Mathematical Digest
Short Summaries of Articles about Mathematics
in the Popular Press
"Newton's Rational Mechanics": Review of Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac NewtonUnlocked the System of the World, by David Berlinski. Reviewed by HugoRossi. American Scientist, March-April 2001, page 184.
According to the review, this book provides an accessible account of the mainideas contained in Newton's Principa. Despite some ``florid linguisticembellishments'' that tend to obscure some of the concepts discussed, thereviewer finds that Berlinski's exposition of the structure of Newton'srational mechanics is ``excellent.''
--- Allyn Jackson
