The Principia - ISAAC NEWTON [A new translation by I.B. COHEN and A. WHITMAN]
mathematical principles of natural philosophy
KORTE INHOUD
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. Newton's principles describe acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. A great...
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1999Uitgever: University of California Press974 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0520088174ISBN-13: 9780520088177Koop dit boek tweedehands
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25 cm. original paperback. xviii,966 pp. ills, diagrams. index. -good. 1670 [Auteur: ISAAC NEWTON [A new translation by I.B. COHEN and A. WHITMAN]] [Uitgever: University of California Press] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: The principia. mathematical principles of natural philosophy. preceded by: a guide to newton's principia by I.B. Cohen.]
