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The Principia : mathematical principles of natural philosophy

Author: Isaac Newton; I Bernard Cohen; Anne Miller Whitman
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
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In his monumental 1687 work "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica", known familiarly as the "Principia", Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Named Person: Isaac Newton; Isaac Newton, Sir; Isaac (1642-1727) Newton
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Isaac Newton; I Bernard Cohen; Anne Miller Whitman
ISBN: 0520088166 9780520088160 0520088174 9780520088177
OCLC Number: 40762507
Description: xvii, 966 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Principia - Chapter 2. Translating the Principia - Chapter 3. Some General Aspects of the Principia - Chapter 4. Some Fundamental Concepts of the Principia - Chapter 5. Axioms, or the Laws of Motion - Chapter 6. The Structure of Book 1 - Chapter 7. The Structure of Book 2 - Chapter 8. The Structure of Book 3 - Chapter 9. The Concluding General Scholium - Chapter 10. How to Read the Principia - Chapter 11. Conclusion - The Principia (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) - Halley's Ode to Newton - Newton's Preface to the First Edition - Newton's Preface to the Second Edition - Cotes's Preface to the Second Edition - Newton's Preface to the Third Edition - Definitions - Axioms, or the Laws of Motion - Book 1. The Motion of Bodies - Book 2. The Motion of Bodies - Book 3. The System of the World.
Other Titles: Principia.
Responsibility: Isaac Newton ; a new translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, assisted by Julia Budenz ; preceded by a guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen.
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