The Principia - The Authoritative Translation: Mathematical Principles of Natural

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 completely new translation, the first in 270 years, is based on the third (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.

About the author

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), englischer Mathematiker, Physiker und Astronom, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Naturforschern der Menschheitsgeschichte. Bahnbrechende theoretische Ansätze über die Natur des Lichts, über Gravitation und Planetenbewegungen und über mathematische Probleme, vor allem zu Infinitesimalrechnung und Algebra, wurden von ihm entwickelt.§Newtons Ruhm als Begründer der klassischen theoretischen Physik und damit - neben Galilei - der exakten Naturwissenschaften überhaupt geht insbesondere auf sein Hauptwerk "Mathematische Prinzipien der Naturlehre", bekannt als "Principia", zurück. Die von ihm geschaffene Grundlage der Mechanik wurde erst zu Beginn des 20. Jh. durch die Einsteinsche Relativitätstheorie modifiziert.

Summary

Describes the acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. This title deals with the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity. It is suitable for scientists, scholars, and students.

Product details

• Authors: Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
• Assisted by: Julia Budenz (Translation), Budenz Julia (Translation), Bernard Cohen (Translation), I. Bernard Cohen (Translation), Anne Whitman (Translation), Whitman Anne (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780520290747
• ISBN: 978-0-520-29074-7
• No. of pages: 616
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 255 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Philosophy of Science, Classical mechanics, Mathematical physics, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics