Description
A monumental work of scientific thought, this Latin treatise presents a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding nature through motion and gravity. Building from foundational principles, it develops the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation to explain how bodies move and how celestial systems are governed. More than a technical achievement, it embodies a spirit of inquiry that reshaped the relationship between mathematics and the physical world, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics and influencing fields from astronomy to engineering. Written in Newton’s distinctive, exacting style, it stands as one of the most important books ever produced in the history of science and mathematics.
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paperback
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Apr 27, 2016
256 pages
ISBN: 9781532949685
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1687
Language
eng
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