Principî matematici della filosofia naturale

It is shown in the Scholium of Prop. 22, Book II, that at the height of 200 miles above the earth the air is more rare than it is at the surface of the earth in the ratio of 30 to 0.0000000000003998, or as 75,000,000,000,000 to 1, nearly. Marking this book as “read” is as much an act of surrende Leggi tutto

Rather than just reading about the Scientific Revolution (1543-1687), I chose to experience it through some of the books that initiated, shaped, and crystallized the scientific method. My reading journey began with Copernicus' On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543) , followed by Kepler's A Leggi tutto

I only read the guide to the principia. Newtown's actual principia is monstrously difficult and I gave up.

First, A Clarification: The publication I have is the hardcover revision by Florian Cajori of Andrew Motte's 1729 English translation, copyrighted in 1934 by the Regents of the University of California, and published by UC Berkeley and UCLA Press. I should also note that, although I have read Newton' Leggi tutto

Одма да кажем да немам шта паметно да кажем о овој књизи јер је Њутн ипак можда мало пренапредан за мене. На почетку сам покушавао да пратим и донекле успијевао, али то није дуго потрајало јер су ствари врло брзо постале прекомпликоване. Наравно, овакве научне класике данас је практично немогуће чит Leggi tutto

One of the most intelligent and influential books of all time. Period. This is an older read I remember fondly enough to rate the full 5 stars even though it has been a while.

Newton unleashed one of the most startling scientific undertakings in history with his seemingly simple question posed in this hallowed treatise: what would happen if seven people representing various socio-economic strata of American life were stranded together on a desert island following a mishap Leggi tutto

I learned that there are some problems which simply cannot be solved with a particular framework; that Bezier curves are a fantastic introduction to the philosophical principles of the calculus; that I can, in fact, do math.

دیدن کتاب بنیادین رشته ای که بیش از ده ساله در حال خوندنش هستم اصولا هیجان انگیزه، فاصله روشهای نیوتون با روشهای استاندارد فیزیک نسبتا زیاده و کمابیش خبر زیادی از جبر در این کتاب نیست به جاش با زبان هندسه اقلیدسی نوشته شده، نگاه نیوتون به قوانین، فلسفه، شیطنت هایی که وسط کتاب میکنه و مسائلی که با قص Leggi tutto