Free Flipbooks
· Mathematics
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Read online now
"Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" by Isaac Newton is a three-volume work first published in 1687. Written in Latin, it presents Newton's revolutionary laws of motion and universal gravitation, transforming scattered observations into a unified mathematical framework for understanding the physical universe. The work explains planetary motion, tides, comets, and Earth's shape through geometric propositions and empirical investigation. Hailed as perhaps the greatest scientific treatise ever written, it launched modern physics and astronomy, fundamentally altering humanity's comprehension of nature. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 |
| Title | Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica |
| Credits | Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 31.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Latin |
| LoC Class | QA: Science: Mathematics |
| Subject | Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 28233 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2009 |
| Last Update | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3202 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Original page:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/28233