Introduction to Newton's 'Principia'

by I. Bernard Cohen

This Introduction serves a dual it is a guide to the Principia and a biography of the work. It provides an analytic history of how Newton came to write the book, the printing of the several editions, the critical receptions given to each edition, and—above all—how Newton continually corrected, revised, and enlarged the text over four decades.

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First published February 5, 1971