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One of the first pages of the Principia, from a copy held by the Cambridge University Library. It reads: PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Autore I. S. NEWTON, Trim. Coll. Cantab. Soc. Matheseos Professore Lacasiano, & Societatis Regalis Sodali. IMPRIMATUR S. PEPYS, Reg. Sec. PRAESES. Julii 5. 1686. LONDINI Jussu Societatis Regie ac Typis Joseph Streater. Proltat a plures Bibliopolas. Anno MDCLXXXVII

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One of the first pages of the Principia, from a copy held by the Cambridge University Library. It reads: PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Autore I. S. NEWTON, Trim. Coll. Cantab. Soc. Matheseos Professore Lacasiano, & Societatis Regalis Sodali. IMPRIMATUR S. PEPYS, Reg. Sec. PRAESES. Julii 5. 1686. LONDINI Jussu Societatis Regie ac Typis Joseph Streater. Proltat a plures Bibliopolas. Anno MDCLXXXVII
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 19:26:53 UTC Robert McNees

Sir Isaac Newton's "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" was published #OTD in 1687. Often referred to as just “the Principia,” it presents Newton’s laws of motion and his universal law of gravitation.
336 years old and we still teach its main results!

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