Sir Isaac Newton FELIX COGNOSCERE CAUSAS Adrienne Nims
FELIX COGNOSCERE CAUSAS ISAACUS NEWTONUS FELIX COGNOSCERE CAUSAS MDCCXXVI
Early Life & Education Born December 25, 1642 1655: Grantham School Brief interlude: mother’s attempt to involve Newton in management of family estate 1661: Trinity College at Cambridge
Life & Career 1667-1668: Fellow of Trinity College 1669: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1687: Elected member of Parliament for Cambridge 1695, 1700: Warden and later master of the mint 1701: Reelected to Parliament Died on March 20, 1727
Discoveries & Works Optics Mechanics Opticks, 1704 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 1687
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Book I: The Mathematics Book II: Physical Reality Book III: The Cosmos Divine creation and intervention
Discussion Consider: The tradition of scholarly writing in Latin The complexity of the content of the Principia The lack of complexity of the language Thoughts?
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