06/07/2022
This Day in Science History --
(5th of July)
On this day in 1687, the , by , was published. It was titled (in Latin): 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'. Translated into English, the title is "The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", familiarly known as simply the Principia. The original was written in , because it was the universal language of scholars in many countries.
In this monumental work, Newton gave an insightful mathematical analysis of the relationships between , and , as in acceleration and inertial motion. He also outlined the motion of the heavenly bodies. This book was the original publication to the world of his now famously-known three , and the Law of .
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