Book:Isaac Newton/Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Isaac Newton: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Published $\text {1687}$
In English:

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

Usually referred to as just Principia.

Subject Matter

• Celestial Mechanics

Contents

• Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

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Critical View

Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read the Principia we feel as when we are in an ancient armoury where the weapons are of gigantic size; and as we look at them we marvel at what manner of man he was who could use as a weapon what we can scarcely lift as a burden.

-- William Whewell

... perhaps the single most powerful work in the long history of mathematics.

-- Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.)

Sources

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{VI}$: On the Seashore
• 1966: Isaac Asimov: Understanding Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $\text {I}$: Motion, Sound and Heat: Chapter $3$: The Laws of Motion: Inertia
• 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 3$: Appendix $\text B$: Newton
• 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.18$: Newton ($\text {1642}$ – $\text {1727}$)
• 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {B}.25$: Kepler's Laws and Newton's Law of Gravitation
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): calculus
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): calculus
• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $8$: The System of the World: The system of the world
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)