principia mathematica mathematical principles natural von newton isaac cohen bernard whitman (3 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Thus. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1455). Includes publisher's slipcase. A few blemishes to slipcase along edges. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2008 Hard Cover. xxx, 494; xxvii, 385 pp. 8 color photographic plates, numerous diagrams throughout text. In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to account for many of the phenomena of the observed world, and Newtonian celestial dynamics is used to determine the orbits of our space vehicles. This authoritative, modern translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, the first in more than 285 years, is based on the 1726 edition, the final revised version approved by Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with contemporary prose and up-to-date mathematical forms. Newton's principles describe acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. A great work in itself, the Principia also revolutionized the methods of scientific investigation. It set forth the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity, the physical principles that account for the Copernican system of the world as emended by Kepler, thus effectively ending controversy concerning the Copernican planetary system. The illuminating Guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen makes this preeminent work truly accessible for today's scientists, scholars, and students.

[Mathematics and Physics] FIRST THUS, reproduced from the University of California edition of 1999. Complete in two volumes, with the slipcase. Octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.xxx; 494 [4]; pp.xxviii; 385 [3]. With eight double-sided colour photographic plates. Publisher's black buckram, with silver titles to spines, and decoration in sliver, blue and brown to spines and uppers. Black endpapers. With the black paper-covered slipcase. A near fine copy showing light general wear and handling.

2nd printing. 2 vols boxed set. Tall 8vo (10 x 7 ins). Original silver decorated black buckram cloth (Fine), slipcase (near Fine). Pp. xxx + 494 [&] xvii + 385, illus with coloured plates and b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).