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  1. Newton's Early Thoughts on Planetary Motion: A Fresh Look.Derek T. Whiteside - 1964 - British Journal for the History of Science 2 (2):117-137.
    The conventional view of the prehistory of Newton's synthesis in the Principia of his predecessors' work in planetary theory and terrestrial gravitation is still not seriously changed from that which Newton himself chose to impose on his contemporaries at the end of his life. In his own words:‘… the same year ‘1666’ I began to think of gravity extending to ye orb of the Moon & having found out how to estimate the force wth wch [a] globe revolving within a (...)
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  • The Path of Halley's Comet, and Newton's Late Apprehension of the Law of Gravity.Nicholas Kollerstrom - 1999 - Annals of Science 56 (4):331-356.
    It is here argued that Halley's comet had a more pivotal role than has hitherto been believed in triggering Newton's acceptance of the law of gravity, dispelling his belief in Descartes' theory of vortices. It is found that historians have been unduly prone to credit Newton with dynamical insights at an earlier date than is warranted by the historical documents. A more convincing account of the transition from the period of Newton's alchemical researches of the 1670s to that of his (...)
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  • Producing knowledge in the workshop: Hooke's ‘inflection’ from optics to planetary motion.Ofer Gal - 1996 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 27 (2):181-205.
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