Posing as readers, the thieves stole a rare first edition of Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” from the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg, ...

Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica,” or Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, published in London in 1687, nonetheless went on to become a scientific colossus.

A systematic search for copies of the first edition of Newton's Principia (1687) unearthed copies in at least 27 countries, yielding new insights about how people engaged with the famous book.

Newton wrote "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), in Latin in 1687. A first edition of "Principia Mathematica" made its way into the ...

A new census tracked down hundreds more copies from the first printing of Newton's pioneering science book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," or the "Principia." ...

Pages containing Isaac Newton's jotted revisions to his masterwork, the Principia, are expected to sell next month for between $1.1 million and $1.6 million.

THREE great works laid the foundation of modern mechanics: Galilei's “Discourses on Two New Sciences”(1638), Huygens's “Horo–logium Oscillatorium”(1673), and Newton's “Philosophise ...