Isaac Newton

I. Bernard Cohen

Isaac Newton, Sir

Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system.

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

The Principia

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The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

This volume collects together Newton's principal philosophical writings for the first time.

Isaac Newton, Sir

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