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.
ISBN-13: 9780520290877
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 02-05-2016
Pages: 992
Product Dimensions: 7.20(w) x 10.30(h) x 2.20(d)
I. Bernard Cohen (1914–2003) was Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. He was the author of Benjamin Franklin's Science, Interactions, and Science and the Founding Fathers.
Anne Whitman (1937–1984) was coeditor (with I. Bernard Cohen and Alexander Koyré) of the Latin edition, with variant readings, of the Principia.
Julia Budenz, author of From the Gardens of Flora Baum, is a multilingual classicist and poet.
Table 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
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