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The Principia

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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 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.

List of contents

Preface

A GUIDE TO NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA

Contents of the Guide
Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE: A Brief History of the Principia
CHAPTER TWO: Translating the Principia
CHAPTER THREE: Some General Aspects of the Principia
CHAPTER FOUR: Some Fundamental Concepts of the Principia
CHAPTER FIVE : Axioms, or the Laws of Motion
CHAPTER SIX: The Structure of Book 1
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Structure of Book 2
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Structure of Book 3
CHAPTER NINE : The Concluding General Scholium
CHAPTER TEN: How to Read the Principia
CHAPTER ELEVEN : Conclusion

THE PRINCIPIA (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)

Halley's Ode to Newton
Newton's Preface to the First Edition
Newton's Preface to the Second Edition
Cotes s Preface to the Second Edition
Newton's Preface to the Third Edition
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

General Scholium
Index

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.

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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), 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 9780520290884
ISBN 978-0-520-29088-4
No. of pages 992
Dimensions 174 mm x 252 mm x 43 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

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