Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica: Forskelle mellem versioner

 

''Principia'' er "retfærdigt betragtet som en af de vigtigste værker i videnskabens historie."<ref>J M Steele, University of Toronto, [http://www.cap.ca/brms/Reviews/Reading-Steele.html (review online from [[Canadian Association of Physicists]])] of N Guicciardini's "Reading the Principia: The Debate on Newton’s Mathematical Methods for Natural Philosophy from 1687 to 1736" (Cambridge UP, 1999), a book which also states (summary before title page) that the "Principia" "is considered one of the masterpieces in the history of science".</ref>

I forordet til ''Principia'', skrev Newton<ref>From Motte's translation of 1729 (at 3rd page of Author's Preface); and see also [[J. W. Herivel]], ''The background to Newton's "Principia,"'' Oxford University Press, 1965.</ref>