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The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

byIsaac Newton

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John Arbuckle

Important Read

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2014

This is one of those books where you can get all the information contained therein from other sources. It is a difficult read in that it was written in the language of the 16th century. However, it is stunning. Follow the math which begins with geometry and evolves into calculus. Not as a learning progression but as a necessity. At times, Newton seems almost apologetic when establishing his scenarios and problems. Almost as if he knows you can't possibly understand his intent! This book, along with The Principia, ranks as one of the very first applications of the scientific method. With all due respect to Copernicus, Galileo and many others; Newton was THE intellectual giant of the Renaissance. We are all forever in his debt.

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David Morton

A great view of math history, a little hard to read and comprehend for non-experts

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016

This book is a facsimile version, which appeals to my sense of history; although it has a drawback: in places bits of letters have gone missing and it can impede reading ease and comprehension. Kind of like both sides of a coin I guess, so I present this as a fact, not a criticism.

The real challenge is that it isn't helping me learn maths, I see no evidence of it being like a tutorial or textbook. It reads much more like a reference for people who have a very good understanding of the maths in it already. I'm very interested in understanding what it says, and it's going to take additional help.

All up, I think it's a treasure in the historical sense as a time capsule of science, it's an economical price and looks as though it's made to last as a book.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019

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ive been told Isaac newton did so many for many branches of science. this book is impossible to read and i only keep it as a nod to what he has done for science.

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jjnbos

It’s very authentic and hence hard to read

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2018

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I was hoping it would be understandable but it’s not. Not that anything g is wrong, it’s just that an untranslated book in English from 300 years ago is not something we can read today

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Abhiraj Singh

POOR BINDING

Reviewed in India on July 5, 2020

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The book binding is not tight and loosely glued. The first few pages just got out when I flipped over to the first chapter. I fear the book will worn out as I read.

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Poor quality Paper and printing

Reviewed in India on September 8, 2019

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Very poor paper quality. Printing is also not up to mark

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John M.

Cynical publishing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2014

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A particularly cynical piece of publishing. This is like a dodgy photocopy of a dodgy photocopy.

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