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The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide - Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Hardcover, First Edition, Collector's ed.)
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The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide - Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Hardcover, First Edition, Collector's ed.)
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In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid
out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion
that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even
after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian
relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to
account for many of the phenomena of the observed world, and
Newtonian celestial dynamics is used to determine the orbits of our
space vehicles. This authoritative, modern translation by I.
Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, the first in more than 285 years,
is based on the 1726 edition, the final revised version approved by
Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects
errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with
contemporary prose and up-to-date mathematical forms. Newton's
principles describe acceleration, deceleration, and inertial
movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon,
planets, and comets. A great work in itself, the Principia also
revolutionized the methods of scientific investigation. It set
forth the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal
gravity, the physical principles that account for the Copernican
system of the world as emended by Kepler, thus effectively ending
controversy concerning the Copernican planetary system. The
illuminating Guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen makes
this preeminent work truly accessible for today's scientists,
scholars, and students. Designed with collectors in mind, this
deluxe edition has faux leather binding covered with a beautiful
dustjacket.
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