Reading Newtons Principia Mathematica by candlelight
Isaac Newton s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Principia Mathematica), originally published in 1687. This is a reading of the first section (definitions and laws of motion). Newton s laws (at 36:23) and the definitions at the beginning are somewhat understandable but the rest of the passage is mostly incomprehensible. My video reviewing the Principia: In the latter half of the video, only the corollaries are read out and not their explanations which were often ve
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