King0979

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Articles for Consideration

1.Hermeticism (history of science): discuss the origin of the word, the man that the origin is based on, and a more complete history of the term.

2.Alchemy: discuss the purpose behind alchemy and the teleological thinking it was based on.

3.Aether (classical element): discuss Newton's connection to the element as well as his use for it in his writings concerning gravity.

I like your suggestions for the Alchemy and Aether articles. Your point on the aether article is particularly good. I think you'd be able to find lots of sources for either, so the choice is up to you. Kirwanfan (talk) 13:28, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

I agree, and that I'll add that the Aether article is short but it gets a ton of traffic, so careful improvements to that one will have a particularly big impact.--ragesoss (talk) 15:56, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Editions

I have edited one sentence in the Aether article under the Legacy heading for the assignment for May 23rd. I have also chosen to edit/ fill out the Aether article as the one for the overall Wikipedia assignment and I will compile a bibliography for that article.

Sorry to say that I have reverted your edit to Aether (classical element). I think it is misleading to say that Newton was an adherent to an aether theory and it is downright wrong that he promulgated it in the Principia. He had abandoned the aether in favour of a theory of forces in the Principia. Even while he was holding to the aether view, I am not at all sure that Newton's description of the aether is particularly novel or worthy of mention in the aether article. Wasn't he just following the already established thinking on this? I also do not think we need to cite an unpublished paper from Arxiv, which seems to be pushing some non-mainstream view, when there are many good books published on this subject. Interpreting Newton: Critical Essays and Newton's Scientific and Philosophical Legacy for instance. One small point, you cited Newton as the author of the Arxiv paper, which patently he is not. Regards, SpinningSpark 23:29, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Bibliography(MLA fomat)

1. Baird , Eric. "Newton's Aether Model." Cornell Univesity Library. N.p., 1 Sep 2000. Web. 27 May 2013. <http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0011/0011003.pdf>. (Baird) (this is Newton's Aether model from Cornell that you used in the Aether Article)

2.Newton, Isaac. "Isaac Newton to Robert Boyle, 1679."28 Febuary 1679. Print. <http://www.orgonelab.org/newtonletter.htm>. (newton's letters to boyle discussing aether as an element of resistance)

3.Rosenfeld, L. "Newton's views on Aether and Gravitation." Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 6.1 (1969): 29-37. Web. 27 May. 2013. <http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/content/pdf/10.1007/BF00327261.pdf>. (this is the journal article you found on ou library website)

4.Philip, Jourdain. "Newton's hypotheses of ether and of gravitation from 1679-1726." Monist. 25. (1915): 234-254. Web. 27 May. 2013. <http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/stable/27900530?seq=2>. (journal article from 1915/ the monist)