Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Or Mathematical Principles Of Natural Philosophy By Isaac Newton 1687 - A Tercentenary Celebration - 1987

EE December 1987 PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Or MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY by ISAAC NEWTON 1687 - A TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION 1987 by Dr. T.R. Carson, University of St. Andrews, Department of Physics & Astronomy. Isaac Newton was born on 25 December 1642 in the manor- house at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. He died on 20 March 1727 at Ken- singon, London and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Thus he lived under seven monarchs, as well as two protectors, in What can surely be described as an age of revolution. Against this politically turbulent back- ground the world of learning was undergoing, after a simi- larly turbulent start, its own albeit quieter evolution. The an- cient philosophy of Aristotle, despite the efforts of Aquinas, had already sunk into decline. Of the three Philosophies, Metaphysical, Moral and Natural, the latter was poised for its most dramatic develop- ment:" Man"s place in the physical universe had been redefine...