The Principia (Great Minds)
by Isaac Newton
List Price:
Buy Used: from $4.39 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
(Click here)
Book Summary Information
Author: Isaac NewtonTranslator: Andrew Motte
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-06
ISBN: 0879759801
Number of pages: 465
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780879759803
- BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of The Principia (Great Minds)
Book Review: An awe-insipring work, but not a useful source of information
Summary: 3 Stars
A few years ago I was bored with most of what was available in book stores, and it seemed as though I had read through everything interesting (a few things that were not). My desire to be intellectually wowed lead me to purchase this book, and it served its purpose. Newton's ideas are not that difficult to follow if you take time to think about them, but Newton did not simply have to follow these principles; he had to derive them himself, and within a single lifetime I might add. This work allowed me to appreciate the brilliance of Newton in a similar manner as one appreciates an impresseive work of art, and like many fine works of art, its ability to display the impressive magnitude of its creator's abilities far outshines its ability to teach the observer something new. In a world void of any other books on physics or mathematics I suppose The Principia would be adequate as an educational resource, but in a world where far better textbooks exist, this book no longer retains much pedagogical value.
Summary of The Principia (Great Minds)
Translated into English by Andrew Motte in 1729, this book is a complete volume of Newton's mathematical principles relating to natural philosophy and his system of the world. Newton, one of the most brilliant scientists and thinkers of all time, presents his theories, formulas and thoughts. Included are chapters relative to the motion of bodies; motion of bodies in resisting mediums; and system of the world in mathematical treatment; a section on axioms or laws of motion, and definitions.Scientists Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in The British Masters Collection
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)by Mary Shelley
Penguin Classics; Published: 2003-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.86
Price in other shops:
The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics)by Graham Greene
Penguin Classics; Published: 2003-02-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
The Once and Future Kingby Terence Hanbury White
Ace; Published: 1987-07-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops:
Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)by Walter Scott
Penguin Classics; Published: 2000-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.94
Price in other shops:
Pygmalion (Dover Thrift Editions)by George Bernard Shaw
Dover Publications; Published: 1994-10-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.49
Price in other shops:
The Rainbow (Modern Library Classics)by D.H. Lawrence
Modern Library; Published: 2002-02-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
A Tale of Two Cities (Signet Classics)by Charles Dickens
Signet Classics; Published: 1997-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.94
Price in other shops:
The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)by H.G. Wells
Penguin Classics; Published: 2005-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.23
Price in other shops:
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)by George Orwell
Signet Classics; Published: 1996-04-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.44
Price in other shops:
Agnosticism and Christianity and Other Essays (Great Mind Series)by Thomas Henry Huxley
Prometheus Books; Published: 1992-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.15
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophyby Isaac Newton
University of California Press; Published: 1999-10-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $33.75
Price in other shops:
Elements of Chemistryby Antoine Lavoisier
Dover Publications; Published: 1984-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops:
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Books 1 and 2by Thomas L. Heath, Euclid
Dover Publications; Published: 1956-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Euclid's Elementsby T.L. Heath Translation
Green Lion Press; Published: 2002-08-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $22.45
Price in other shops:
The Works of Archimedesby Archimedes
Dover Publications; Published: 2002-04-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.89
Price in other shops:
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Penguin Classics)by Albert Einstein
Penguin Classics; Published: 2006-07-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.04
Price in other shops:
Harmonies of the World (Forgotten Books)by Johannes Kepler
Forgotten Books; Published: 2008-05-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.88
Opticks (Great Mind)by Isaac, Sir Newton
Prometheus Books; Published: 2003-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.55
Price in other shops:
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Great Minds Series)by Galileo Galilei
Prometheus Books; Published: 1991-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (On the Shoulders of Giants)by Nicolaus Copernicus, Stephen Hawking
Running Press; Published: 2004-11-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.01
Price in other shops: