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The principia : mathematical principles of natural philosophy /

Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system.

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Main Authors: Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. (Author)
Group Author: Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003 (Translator); Whitman, Anne Miller, 1937-1984 (Translator); Budenz, Julia (Translator); Cohen, I. Bernard (author of guide.)
Published: University of California Press,
Publisher Address: Berkeley, California :
Publication Dates: [2016?]
©1999
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Latin
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727. > Principia.
Mechanics > Early works to 1800.
Celestial mechanics > Early works to 1800.
Summary: Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system.
Item Description: Translated from the Latin.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: xvii, 966 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN: 9780520290884 (paperback) :
0520290887 (paperback)
9780520290877 (hardback)
0520290879 (hardback)
Index Number: QA803
CLC: O301
Call Number: O301/N563
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.

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