Mathematical principles of natural philosophy

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• striking · Oct 21, 2015 · Recommends

  …Future" - http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804... "Republic" - http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/087... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" - http://www.amazon.com/Principia-Mathematical-Principles-Natu... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "Thinking, Fast and Slow" - http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/... "Molecular…

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• s-shellfish · Aug 3, 2018 · Mentions

  …unprecedented applications to and interactions with other aspects of society and culture occurred.[1] Isaac Newton's book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), whose title translates to "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", reflects the then-current use of the words "natural philosophy", akin to "systematic study of nature". Even in the 19th century, a treatise by Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait, which helped define…

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• yesenadam · Nov 5, 2018 · Mentions

  …established long ago at the oldest universities are nowadays occupied mainly by physics professors. Isaac Newton's book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), whose title translates to "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", reflects the then-current use of the words "natural philosophy", akin to "systematic study of nature". Even in the 19th century, a treatise by Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait, which helped define…

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• mcguire · Jan 5, 2020 · Mentions

  The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton is not a popular mathematics book, in the sense of the rest of the list.

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• gwern · Jul 13, 2010 · Mentions

  …deduced from the phænomena is to have no place in experimental philosophy. To us it is enough that gravity does really exist, and acts according to the laws which we have explained." --Sir Isaac Newton's _Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy_

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• beefield · Jul 9, 2016 · Mentions

  …history of the philosophy that once there is a field of philosophy that actually starts solving problems, it very fast changes its name to something else than philosophy. For example[1], Newton's 1687 Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy later became classified as a book of physics. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy

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• baby · Feb 3, 2013 · Mentions

  What is really awesome is that all those books are offered for free! Anyone has a better format to read "Newton's Principia : the mathematical principles of natural philosophy" ?

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• rdtsc · Jul 10, 2016 · Mentions

  > For example[1], Newton's 1687 Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy later became classified as a book of physics. That is a good example. I was trying to think of others since then. That was 500 years ago or so. What are some more recent ones for physics? I imagine…

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• haileris · Dec 16, 2019 · Mentions

  …Calculus How to Solve It Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid I Am a Strange Loop Introduction to Linear Algebra Euclid's Elements The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy CS: The Algorithm Design Manual Finish SICP Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Computer Systems: A Programmer's Persepctive C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition Operating Systems:…

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• baryphonic · May 27, 2021 · Mentions

  This is true. At the time, there wasn't really a distinction between science and philosophy. In fact, what we call science was called natural philosophy in those days. Newton's Principia is "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy," after all. Philosophy still exists around science at the edges (for example, questions about mind-body dualism or consciousness or even the criteria for mental illness, not to mention various interpretations…

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• caublestone · Jan 22, 2012 · Mentions

  …story telling. When the printing press came around, the powers at be wanted to control it to only produce the bible. But eventually, people were printing powerful material such as "Common Sense" and "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" inspiring nations through the power of mass distributed information. eBooks (and obviously the Internet in general) is another step in our progress.

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• Pyxl101 · Jul 18, 2015 · Mentions

  Physics, that is to say natural philosophy :-) E.g., Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" (Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica)

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• tome · Jan 3, 2019 · Mentions

  Off topic: That quotation is a bit strange because the full title is "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica", or "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", which describes exactly what it is ("Natural Philosphy" basically being "science"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Pri...

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• lou1306 · Dec 18, 2021 · Mentions

  Indeed, science was simply known as "natural philosophy", as in Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", i.e, the Principia.

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