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3 de jun. de 2024 · 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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28 de may. de 2024 · Isaac Newton is widely known for his published work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), commonly known as the Principia. His laws of motion first appeared in this work. It is one of the most important single works in the history of modern science.
Hace 3 días · In the Principia, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint for centuries until it was superseded by the theory of relativity.
Hace 4 días · Written with former student Bertrand Russell, Principia Mathematica is considered one of the twentieth century's most important works in mathematics, and placed 23rd in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century by Modern Library.
Hace 3 días · In 1686, when the first book of Newton's Principia was presented to the Royal Society, Hooke said he had given Newton the "notion" of "the rule of the decrease of Gravity, being reciprocally as the squares of the distances from the Center".
Hace 6 días · Remarkably, Special Collections at the UI Libraries holds two complete sets of Principia’s first edition—only 500 were ever published. Despite Principia's enormous significance, the text appeared without an editorial apparatus, such as a bibliography, an index of symbols or significant terms, and a table of citations of theorems in proofs.
24 de may. de 2024 · Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (born Dec. 17, 1706, Paris, France—died Sept. 10, 1749, Lunéville) was a French mathematician and physicist who was the mistress of Voltaire. She was married at 19 to the Marquis Florent du Châtelet, governor of Semur-en-Auxois, with whom she had three children.
