The Principia forms the foundation of classical mechanics. Ī more recent assessment has been that while acceptance of Newton's laws was not immediate, by the end of the century after publication in 1687, 'no one could deny that' (out of the Principia) 'a science had emerged that, at least in certain respects, so far exceeded anything that had ever gone before that it stood alone as the ultimate exemplar of science generally'. spread the light of mathematics on a science which up to then had remained in the darkness of conjectures and hypotheses.' Joseph-Louis Lagrange described it as 'the greatest production of a human mind'. The method followed by its illustrious author Sir Newton. The French mathematical physicist Alexis Clairaut assessed it in 1747: 'The famous book of Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy marked the epoch of a great revolution in physics. The Principia is considered one of the most important works in the history of science. The Principia is written in Latin and comprises three volumes, and was first published on 5 July 1687.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ( English: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) often referred to as simply the Principia ( / p r ɪ n ˈ s ɪ p i ə, p r ɪ n ˈ k ɪ p i ə/), is a book by Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1729)
