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 ...

When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed ... in the original 1729 English translation of Newton's Latin ...

His study and understanding of light, the invention of the reflecting telescope (1668), and his revelation in his Principia of the mathematical ordering of the universe are all represented on his ...

Challenged by Robert Hooke to prove his theories about planetary orbits, Newton produced what is considered the foundation for physics as we know it. The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia ...

ANDREW MOTTE'S translation of the “Principia” is not so well known as it deserves to be. It was supplied to his brother, the publisher, soon after Newton's death. One might expect it then to ...

The great scientist was able to write in English, Latin, and Greek – His family kept the notes for 150 years before handing ...

Unique for time, Newton is also famous for his revolutionary discoveries in mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy. His book Principia, published in 1687, is regarded as the greatest ...

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 ...