2000
DOI: 10.1177/002182860003100406
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Essay Review: Writing, and Reading, Principia

Abstract: Despite what one might infer from its main title, this book does not undertake to help the modern reader with the task of following Newton's exposition. What it does do, richly, importantly, and usefully, is to trace the implications of Newton's approach in Principia and the debate among the mathematicians and natural philosophers of Newton's time about his methods and conclusions.Guicciardini explores the plurality of mathematical methods used in Principia and traces how they were interpreted and understood b… Show more

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