Two university faculty members believe she has identified the “mystery annotator” who wrote corrective notes in Latin in the margins of the university’s copy of the 1687 first edition of Isaac ...

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, ...

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.

Caltech's copy of the Principia, ... Isaac Newton's 17th century Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica ... and as many as 750, were printed in 1687. In 2016, ...

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.

Sir Isaac Newton published his magnus opus, titled Principia Mathematica, in 1687. In Principia, Newton introduced his three laws of motion — the law of inertia, the law of acceleration, the law of ...

A pioneering book of science theory published by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687 was long considered to ... The book is Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," also known as the "Principia." ...

The most recent sale surpasses an English-language edition of the Principia which was presented to King James II which sold in 2013 for $2.5 million. If there’s any science book that deserves to ...

Published in 1687, Newton's Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica — Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a ...

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 ...