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06 Apr 2006 01:33:28 PM |
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Principia |
Hello all,
I've been reading from "The Principia" by Newton, and it is easily one
of the greatest things I've ever read. I have the version translated by
Andrew Motte, tho, and it's kind of rough going. Does anyone know of a
more modern-sounding translation? I can't figure out what all of these
words mean, like even what is a "right line"? Is it just a line? Either
that, or if anyone knows of a glossary or something of this style of
math writing. Also, how does one pronounce "Principia"? Thanks.
Greg
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| User: "Mike" |
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07 Apr 2006 09:38:49 AM |
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wrote:
Hello all,
I've been reading from "The Principia" by Newton, and it is easily one
of the greatest things I've ever read. I have the version translated by
Andrew Motte, tho, and it's kind of rough going. Does anyone know of a
more modern-sounding translation? I can't figure out what all of these
words mean, like even what is a "right line"? Is it just a line? Either
that, or if anyone knows of a glossary or something of this style of
math writing. Also, how does one pronounce "Principia"? Thanks.
Greg
It is easier in Latin:
Lex I: Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi
uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur
statum illum mutare.
Lex II: Mutationem motus proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae, et
fieri secundum lineam rectam qua vis illa imprimitur.
Lex III: Actioni contrariam semper et aequalem esse reactionem: sive
corporum duorum actiones is se mutuo semper esse aequales et in partes
contrarias dirigi.
Mike
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Principia |
06 Apr 2006 08:56:41 PM |
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prin CHIP e uh (long e)
Note that there also is a Mathematica and a Cybernetica. The P.
Mathematica is useful mainly for Godel having found a self-referential
hole in it, and initiating countless discussions as to whether that
result is exportable to the real, non-mathematical world. After
Newton's work, try the P. Cybernetica. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/
First watch 2001: A Space Odyssey, then review the Apolo 11 landing,
and then ask yourself ----"Don't things seem to be advancing really
quickly here lately?????"
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SUPORGLI.html
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| User: "Henning Makholm" |
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| Title: Re: Principia |
07 Apr 2006 06:06:17 AM |
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Scripsit
Note that there also is a Mathematica and a Cybernetica. The P.
Mathematica is useful mainly for Godel having found a self-referential
hole in it, and initiating countless discussions as to whether that
result is exportable to the real, non-mathematical world. After
Newton's work, try the P. Cybernetica.
Gödels work refered to the _Principia Mathematica_ of Russell and
Whitehead, not to the _Principia Mathematica_ of Newton several
centuries earlier.
"Principia Cybernetica", according to Google, is a website unrelated
to either Russell and Whitehead or Newton.
--
Henning Makholm "And why should I talk slaves' and fools' talk? I
don't want him to live for ever, and I know that he's
not going to live for ever whether I want him to or not."
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