Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Isaac Newton
- First Published: 1687
- Type of Work: Science
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science and technology
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Nature, Science or scientists, God, Seventeenth century, Mathematics or mathematicians, Physics or physicists, Deism
Critical Evaluation:
One of the most influential books in history is Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Published in 1687, the book immediately led to intellectual controversy among the scientists and philosophers of the day. Men as distinguished as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Dr. Robert Hooke, and John Flamsteed, the British Astronomer-Royal, felt it necessary to argue with many of the propositions and conclusions Newton advanced. These arguments gave at least as much testimony to the importance of Philosophiae Naturalis Principia...
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