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Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

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Isaac Newton

English polymath (1642–1726)

Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first…
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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

1687 work by Isaac Newton

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, often referred to as simply the Principia, is a book by Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation. The Principia is written in Latin and comprises three volumes, and was authorized,…
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