The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

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? The book that changed the way humanity understands the universe. ? Isaac Newton's The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy—better known as Principia Mathematica—is one of the most important works in the history of science, a monumental achievement that laid the foundation for modern physics, astronomy, and mathematics. First published in 1687, Newton's masterpiece introduced the laws of motion and universal gravitation, revolutionizing how we perceive the natural world. With extraordinary precision and logic, he demonstrated how the same forces that guide an apple's fall also govern the motion of planets, creating a unified vision of the cosmos. Beyond mathematics and mechanics, Principia embodies the spirit of scientific inquiry—the belief that reason and observation can reveal the order hidden within nature's mysteries. Newton's groundbreaking ideas reshaped the scientific method, inspired generations of thinkers, and remain essential to the study of physics even today. This edition preserves the timeless power of Newton's insights, a work of both intellectual beauty and enduring truth. ? Click Buy Now to explore Isaac Newton's Principia—the revolutionary work that defined science, logic, and the very laws of the universe.

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Information

Publisher
Zenith Starlight Media
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9791070124444
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Mechanics

Table of contents

  1. Top
  2. The Authors Preface
  3. Definitions.
  4. Axioms, or Laws of Motion.
  5. Book i. Of the Motion of Bodies.
  6. Of the method of first and last ratios of quantities.
  7. Of the Invention of Centripetal Forces.
  8. Of the motion of bodies in eccentric conic sections.
  9. Of the finding of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic orbits, from the focus given.
  10. How the orbits are to be found when neither focus is given.
  11. How the motions are to be found in given orbits.
  12. Concerning the rectilinear ascent and descent of bodies.
  13. Of the invention of orbits wherein bodies will revolve, being acted upon by any sort of centripetal force.
  14. Of the motion of bodies in moveable orbits; and of the motion of the apsides.
  15. Of the motion of bodies in given superficies, and of the reciprocal motion of funependulous bodies.
  16. Of the motions of bodies tending to each other with centripetal forces.
  17. Of the attractive forces of sphaerical bodies.
  18. Of the attractive forces of bodies which are not of a sphaerical figure.
  19. Of the motion of very small bodies when agitated by centripetal forces tending to the several parts of any very great body.
  20. Book ii. Of the Motion of Bodies.
  21. Of the motion of bodies that are resisted in the ratio of the velocity.
  22. Of the motion of bodies that are resisted in the duplicate ratio of their velocities.
  23. Of the motions of bodies which are resisted partly in the ratio of the velocities, and partly in the duplicate of the same ratio.
  24. Of the circular motion of bodies in resisting mediums.
  25. Of the density and compression of fluids; and of hydrostatics.
  26. Of the motion and resistance of funependulous bodies.
  27. Of the motion of fluids, and the resistance made to projected bodies.
  28. Of motion propagated through fluids.
  29. Of the circular motion of fluids.
  30. Book iii.
  31. Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy.
  32. Phaenomena, or Appearances.
  33. Propositions
  34. General Scholium.
  35. Index.