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The Principia : mathematical principles of natural philosophy

Isaac Newton, I. Bernard Cohen (Translator), Anne Whitman (Translator)
Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system
Print Book, English, 1999
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999
Early works
xvii, 966 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780520088160, 9780520088177, 9780520290877, 9780520290884, 0520088166, 0520088174, 0520290879, 0520290887
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A guide to Newton's principia : A brief history of the principia
Translating the principia
Some general aspects of the principia
Some fundamental concepts of the principia
Axioms, or the laws of motion
The structure of book 1
The structure of book 2
The structure of book 3
The concluding general scholium
How to read the principia
Conclusion
The principia (mathematical principles of natural philosophy) : 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