Halley's report was duly recorded in the minutes, and he was urged to push Newton to publish his little work as soon as possible. The Principia was not an easy book to read in Newton's day ...

Newton published what is generally acknowledged to be the greatest scientific book ever written, the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The book, which described Newton's theories on ...

This book by Sir Isaac Newton, also known as Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, lays out the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical ...

It includes his personal accounts as well as drafts of Principia Mathematica containing Newton's laws of gravity. The register preserves documents "of outstanding universal value". The university ...

His Exposition du système du monde (first published in 1796) is often regarded as the most important book on mechanics after Newton's Principia Mathematica, and the elegance and clarity of its style ...

Of prime interest is the correspondence with Halley, whose compelling zeal and energy played such a part in persuading Newton to write the Principia. This great work was published about midsummer 1687 ...

Rare books, including Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica and Christiaan Huygens's Horologium Oscillatorium, detailing the invention of the pendulum clock, are also held. Restoration unearth's ...

Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe in the parish of Colsterworth ... Math' [Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 1686-7)]. With his left hand he points to a scroll with a mathematical ...