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Jul 22, 2024 · His 1687 masterpiece, "The Mathematical Principles of the Universe" (known simply as "Principia"), detailed the laws of gravity, transformed the scientific and intellectual communities and ushered in the age of Enlightenment.
Principia, book about physics by Isaac Newton, the fundamental work for the whole of modern science. Published in 1687, the Principia lays out Newton’s three laws of motion (the basic principles of modern physics), which resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation .
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Sep 5, 2023 · Writing in Latin in his 17th-century book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Newton said, “Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight...
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The enthusiastic reception by natural philosophers of Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) difficult Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), published in 1687, eventually spread Newton's name and influence far beyond the small community of scholars of physics and mathematics. Throughout the eighteenth cen...
It would be impossible to exaggerate Newton's influence on the history of physical science, but his indirect influence on developments in religious, cultural, intellectual, and political life was also profound. How did this happen? Newton's scientific works were notoriously difficult, accessible only to mathematically literate investigators and tho...
The cultural force of Newton's name and his ideas remained irresistible throughout the eighteenth century and well into the nineteenth. The impact of this singular exemplar on the progress of scientific work was mixed. In Newton's own country, Newtonian fervor settled into a kind of orthodoxy that eventually had a stultifying effect on the advance ...
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Brooke, John Hedley. Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, 1991. Cohen, I.B. The Newtonian Revolution.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Dobbs, Betty Jo Teeter and Margaret Jacob. Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism.Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1995. Guerlac, Henry. Newton on the Continent. Ithaca: Cornell UniversityPress, 1976. Hankins, Thomas. Science in the Enlightenment.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 198...
Isaac Newton's (1642-1725) most influential writing was his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), published in sections between the years 1667-86. It united two competing strands of natural philosophy—experimental induction and mathematical deduction—into the scientific method of ...
Jul 23, 2024 · In two and a half years, the tract De Motu grew into Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which is not only Newton’s masterpiece but also the fundamental work for the whole of modern science.
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The Principia, which appeared in three editions (1687, 1713, 1726) clarified the concept of force used in physical reasoning regarding motion, and marshalled evidence for one such force: gravity. We read the Principia to be guided by Newton’s evolving recognition of various challenges to evidential reasoning regarding forces, and his ...
