The Principia,9780520088177

The Principia

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ISBN13: 9780520088177
ISBN10: 0520088174
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-07-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

One of the greatest science books ever written (as described by Laplace), it took Newton only 18 months to write and publish it in 1687. Written originally in Latin, in 1729 it was first translated into English two years after Newton's death. The mathematical principles that are the subject of this masterpiece are Galileo's findings into the three laws of motion and Newton's brilliant deduction of the law of universal gravitation.

Author Biography

I. Bernard Cohen is Victor S. Thomas Professor (Emeritus) of the History of Science at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
A GUIDE TO NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA 1(370)
Contents of the Guide
3(6)
Abbreviations
9(2)
A Brief History of the Principia
11(15)
Translating the Principia
26(17)
Some General Aspects of the Principia
43(42)
Some Fundamental Concepts of the Principia
85(24)
Axioms, or the Laws of the Motion
109(165)
The Structure of Book 1
128(33)
The Structure of Book 2
161(34)
The Structure of Book 3
195(79)
The Concluding General Scholium
274(19)
How to Read the Principia
293(76)
Conclusion
369(2)
THE PRINCIPIA (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) 371(568)
Halley's Ode to Newton
379(2)
Newton's Preface to the First Edition
381(3)
Newton's Preface to the Second Edition
384(1)
Cotes's Preface to the Second Edition
384(16)
Newton's Preface to the Third Edition
400(3)
Definitions
403(13)
Axioms, or the Laws of Motion
416(15)
The Motion of the Bodies
431(200)
The Motion of the Bodies
631(160)
The System of the World
791(148)
General Scholium 939(6)
Contents of the Principia 945(28)
Index of Names 973

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