BOOKS - Introduction to Newton's ‘Principia'
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Introduction to Newton's ‘Principia'
Author: I. Bernard Cohen
Year: February 5, 1971
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 15 MB
Language: English
Year: February 5, 1971
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 15 MB
Language: English
This Introduction serves a dual it is a guide to the Principia and a biography of the work. It provides an analytic history of how Newton came to write the book, the printing of the several editions, the critical receptions given to each edition, and - above all - how Newton continually corrected, revised, and enlarged the text over four decades.