Isaac Newton (1643–1727)

Author of Principia Mathematica

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Born at Woolsthorpe, England, Sir Isaac Newton was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he graduated in 1665. During the plague of 1666, he remained at Woolsthorpe, during which time he formulated his theory of fluxions (the infinitesimal calculus) and the main outlines of his show more theories of mechanics, astronomy, and optics, including the theory of universal gravitation. The results of his researches were not circulated until 1669, but when he returned to Trinity in 1667, he was immediately appointed to succeed his teacher as professor of mathematics. His greatest work, the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, was published in 1687 to immediate and universal acclaim. Newton was elected to Parliament in 1689. In 1699, he was appointed head of the royal mint, and four years later he was elected president of the Royal Society; both positions he held until his death. In later life, Newton devoted his main intellectual energies to theological speculation and alchemical experiments. In April 1705, Queen Anne knighted Newton during a royal visit to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was only the second scientist to have been awarded knighthood. Newton died in his sleep in London on March 31, 1727, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Because of his scientific nature, Newton's religious beliefs were never wholly known. His study of the laws of motion and universal gravitation became his best-known discoveries, but after much examination he admitted that, "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done." (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Principia Mathematica (1729) 1,307 copies

Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light (1704) 317 copies

System of the World (1666) 186 copies

Principia : Vol. 1 The Motion of Bodies (1687) 145 copies

Newton's Philosophy of Nature (1953) 140 copies

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (1991) 107 copies

Newton (Norton Critical Editions) (1982) 85 copies

Philosophical Writings (2004) 72 copies

The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (1728) 63 copies

Newton's Principia: The Central Argument. Translation, Notes, and Expanded Proofs (1688) 60 copies

Newton's Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms - A Complete Chronology (2008) 50 copies

Papers & letters on natural philosophy and related documents (1958) 27 copies

Scritti sulla luce e i colori (2006) 24 copies

Selections From Newton's Principia (Science Classics Modules for Humanities Studies) (2004) 20 copies

Mathematical principles of natural philosophy ; Optics (1952) 19 copies

Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World (1947) 14 copies

A Historical Account Of Two Notable Corruptions Of Scripture: In A Letter To A Friend (2009) 9 copies

College Notebook 8 copies

Unpublished scientific papers of Isaac Newton : a selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University Library,… (1962) 8 copies

Principia: Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosphy and His System of the World (2000) 6 copies

Os Pensadores - Newton 6 copies

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1964) 5 copies

A Principiából és az Optikából (1981) 5 copies

Minitab Cookbook (2014) 5 copies

Profecias do Apocalipse e o Livro de Daniel, As (Portuguese Edition) 5 copies

Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and his System of the World, Volume One: The Motion of… 5 copies

Trattato sull'Apocalisse (1994) 5 copies

Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica: Tomus 1 (1999) 5 copies

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton (1968) 4 copies

The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume 1 1664-1666 (1967) 4 copies

The Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (2016) 4 copies

Universal arithmetick: or, a treatise of arithmetical composition and resolution. To which is added, Dr. Halley's… (2009) 4 copies

Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica: Facsimile of third edition (1726) with variant readins;… 4 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton, Volume 1 4 copies

Principia Mathematica: A Two Volume Set (1) Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. (2) A Guide to Newton's… (2008) 4 copies

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton. Vol.2, 1667-1670 (2008) 3 copies

Princípios matemáticos ; Opeso e o equilíbrio dos fluidos 3 copies

Arithmetica Universalis: Sive De Compositione et Resolutione Arithmetica Volume 1 (2015) 3 copies

Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and his System of the World, Volume Two: The System of… 3 copies

Kutsal Kitabin Yorumu (2015) 3 copies

De la gravitation (suivi de Du mouvement des corps) (1995) 3 copies

Correspondence (1976) 3 copies

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Volumes 1-2 (Latin Edition) (2010) 3 copies

The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 7, 1691-1695 (The Mathematical Papers of Sir Isaac Newton) (v. 7) (1976) 3 copies

The method of fluxions and infinite series; : with its application to the geometry of curve-lines. 3 copies

Principia - Books That Changed the World (2005) 3 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton, Volume 3 3 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton, Volume 2 3 copies

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton. Vol.6, 1684-1691 (1975) 3 copies

The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 1. The Optical Lectures 16701672 (Optical Papers of Isaac Newton) (1984) 2 copies

Sir Isaac Newton's two treatises : of the quadrature of curves, and analysis by equations of an infinite number of… 2 copies

De la gravitation ou les fondements de la mécanique classique (1985) 2 copies

Giants of science : Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur (1995) 2 copies

De philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. - Les principes mathématiques de la philosophie naturaliste (1985) 2 copies

Unpublished First Version of Isaac Newton's Cambridge Lectures on Optics, 1670-72 (Newton manuscripts series /… (1973) 2 copies

Four Letters From Sir Isaac Newton to Doctor Bentley: Containing Some Arguments in Proof of a Deity (1900) 2 copies

Óptica (2011) 2 copies

Science, Philology and Theology in Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon : prolegomena ad Lexici Prophetici partem secundam… (2013) 2 copies

Historia ecclesiastica (de origine schismatico ecclesiae papisticae bicornis) (2013) 2 copies

Principia, Volumes 1 and 2, Revised By Florian Cajori (1962) 2 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Volume 7) — Author — 2 copies

Princípios matemáticos, óptica, O peso e o equilíbrio dos fluidos 2 copies

Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton 2 copies

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton. Vol.8, 1697-1722 (1981) 2 copies

Principi di filosofia naturale. Teoria della gravitazione (1990) 2 copies

Scritti di ottica (1978) 2 copies

Il sistema del mondo e gli scolii classici 2 copies

El sistema del mundo. Los elementos de la filosofía de Newton (1996) 2 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Volume 6) — Author — 2 copies

Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [Active Content] (2015) 2 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Volume 5) (1975) — Author — 2 copies

Trattato sull'Apocalisse. Testo inglese a fronte (2011) 2 copies

El Templo de Salomón (manuscrito "Prolegomena ad lexici prophetici partem secundam") (2009) 2 copies

Isaac Newton's Theory of the moon's motion (1702) (1975) 2 copies

O gravitaciji (2002) 2 copies

Matematyczne zasady filozofii naturalnej (2015) 1 copy

Sir Isaac Newton's Daniel and the Apocalypse: with an introductory study of the nature and the cause of unbelief, of… 1 copy

Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis (Latin Edition) 1 copy

Trattato sull'Apocalisse. Testo inglese a fronte (2022) 1 copy

Mathematical principles of natural philosophy; Optics by Isaac Newton : Treatise on light by Christiaan Huygens 1 copy

Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World (2022) 1 copy

Opticks;: Or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections, and colours of light 1 copy

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton. Vol.5, 1683-1684 (1972) 1 copy

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton. Vol.4, 1674-1684 (1971) 1 copy

Sir Isaac Newton: A Catalogue of Manuscripts and Papers (1991) 1 copy

Sir Isaac Newton's Tables for renewing and purchasing the leases of cathedral-churches and colleges 1 copy

Mathematical Works of Isaac Newton (1964) 1 copy

O peso e o equilíbrio dos fluídos 1 copy

A letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge, containing his new theory… 1 copy

New Theory of Light and Colours 1 copy

Principia - Princípios matemáticos da filosofia natural 1 copy

Word of Christ (2019) 1 copy

Filosofia naturala 1 copy

Newton válogatott írásai 1 copy

The Great Books of the Western World: Newton, Huygens 1 copy

Principia Mathematica - First Book: Bilingual Latin-English 1 copy

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton. Vol.3, 1670-1673 1 copy

Newton's Prophecies of Daniel 1 copy

Opticks, or, A Trreatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light (1952) 1 copy

Optical lectures, read in the publick schools of the University of Cambridge, Anno Domini, 1669 1 copy

College Notebook of Isaac Newton 1 copy

Traité d'optique sur les reflexions, refractions, inflexions, et couleurs de la lumiére, tr. par m.… 1 copy

Principia , Vol. II 1 copy

Principia, Vol. I 1 copy

COPIES OF ALL REPORTS, OR MEMORIALS, MADE BY SIR ISAAC NEWTON, WHEN MASTER OF HIS MAJESTY'S MINT, TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL,… 1 copy

Daniel and the Apocalypse: With an Introductory Study of the Nature and the Cause of Unbelief, of Miracles and Prophecy… (2010) 1 copy

Newton's Enumeration of Lines of the Third Order, Generation of Curves by Shadows, &c. Translated from the Latin with… 1 copy

Écrits sur la religion (1996) 1 copy

Princípios Matemáticos * O peso e Equilíbrio dos Fluidos IN: Coleção "Os Pensadores" - Vol. XIX 1 copy

Newton's Principia, first book, sections I., II., III., with notes and illustrations, and a collection of problems… 1 copy

Great Books: Vol. 34: Optics 1 copy

Os Pensadores XIX: Sir Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1 copy

The Essential Latin Language Collection (13 books) [Illustrated] (Latin Edition) (2009) 1 copy

Opera Quae Exstant Omnia 1 copy

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton Paperback Set (The Royal Society) (2008) 1 copy

Cronologia emendata degli antichi regni (2016) 1 copy

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica 2 1 copy

Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology, abridged by himself. To which are added, Some observations on the Chronology of Sir… 1 copy

Principiile matematice ale filozofiei naturale 1 copy

Newton : Textos : Antecedentes : Comentários 1 copy

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Principia Mathematica (2 volumes) 1 copy

Principii di filosofia naturale: teoria della gravitazione 1 copy

Sir Isaac Newtonʼs Principia / reprinted for Sir William Thomson ... and Hugh Blackburn ... 1 copy

Kutrzer Auszug aus der weltberühmten Isaac Newtons Chronologie der alten Königreiche. 1 copy

Selección 1 copy

Abhandlungen über jene Grundsätze der Mechanik, die Integrale der Differentialgleichungen liefern 1 copy

Mathematische Prinzipien der Naturlehre 1 copy

La méthode des fluxions et des suites infinies (1994) 1 copy

Newton Leibnitz 1 copy

A new and most accurate theory of the moon's motion; whereby all her irregularities may be solved, ... Written by… (2010) 1 copy

Dr Newton's Zoo: A Study of post-Archaic Small Jade Carvings (1981) 1 copy

Principles 1 copy

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World 2: The System of the World {Principia… 1 copy

Isaac Newton 1 copy

Isaac Newton: Von Licht und Farben. (2008) 1 copy

La Polémica sobre la invención del cálculo infinitesimal : escritos y documentos 1 copy

The first three sections of Newton's Principia with an appendix; and the nonth and eleventh sections 1 copy

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Volume Numbers Unknown) — Author — 1 copy

Cuadernos alquímicos [Próxima aparición] (2018) 1 copy

Abhandlungen über die Quadratur der Kurven 1 copy

El sistema del mundo 1 copy

Newton : vita, pensiero, opere scelte 1 copy

Mathematical Principles 1 copy

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: 1688-1694 1 copy

Observations upon the Prophesies of Daniel, and te Apocalypse of St John 1 copy

Isaac Newton Classics: Opticks: A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light: illustrated 1 copy

Great Books 34 1 copy

Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John. In two parts. By Sir Isaac Newton. (2010) 1 copy

Traite d'optique sur les reflexions, refractions, inflexions, et couleurs de la lumiere 1 copy

Isaaci Newtoni Optices libri tres : accedunt ejusdem Lectiones opticae, et opuscula omnia ad lucem & colores… 1 copy

Opticks, or, A treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light : also two treatises of the… 1 copy

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Volume 3, Issue 1... (French Edition) (2018) 1 copy

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Volume 3, Issue 1... (2018) 1 copy

I classici del pensiero libero [Corriere della sera]: Isaac Newton. Scritti sulla luce e i colori 1 copy

Isaaci Newtoni Ad Danielis profetae vaticinia, nec non Sancti Joannis Apocalypsin, observationes (2010) 1 copy

A Guide to the Principia Mathematica & Principia Mathematica 1 copy

Newton’s College Notebook 1 copy

The preliminary manuscripts for Isaac Newton's 1687 Principia, 1684-1685 (1989) 1 copy

Ottica, o trattato sulle riflessioni, rifrazioni, inflessioni e sui colori della luce. Basato sulla quarta edizione,… 1 copy

Isaac Newton Classics: Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (2020) 1 copy

The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 2, The Opticks (1704) and Related Papers ca.1688–1717 (2021) 1 copy

Excerpta quædam e Newtoni Principiis philosophiæ naturalis, cum notis variorum 1 copy

Newton - Leibniz - Clecao os Pensadores - Volume XIX 1 copy

Optica o tratado de las reflexiones inflexiones y colores de la luz 1 copy

Isaac Newton. O sistema do mundo (Galician Edition) (1728) 1 copy

Principios matemáticos de la Filosofía natural. Biblioteca de los Grandes Pensadores 1 copy

A Theological Miscellany 1 copy

Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes: Including Letters of Other Eminent Men . (1850) 1 copy

NEWTON - LA LEY DE LA GRAVEDAD - La fuerza mas atractiva del universo- GRANDES IDEAS DE LA CIENCIA - VOL 2 1 copy

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The World of Mathematics, Volume 1 (1956) — Contributor — 125 copies

Newton's Optical Writings: A Guided Study (Masterworks of Discovery) (1994) — Author — 21 copies

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (1974) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Volume 4) (1967) — Author — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1643-01-04
Date of death: 1727-03-31
Burial location: Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
Gender: male
Nationality: England
Country (for map): UK
Birthplace: Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England
Place of death: Kensington, Middlesex, England
Places of residence: London, England
Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Education: The King's School, Grantham
Cambridge University (Trinity College)
Occupations: professor
Warden of the Mint (England, UK)
mathematician
Master of the Mint (England, UK)
Member of Parliament (UK)
Relationships: Desaguliers, John Theophilus (experimental assistant)
Tollet, Elizabeth (friend)
Organizations: Royal Society (President, 1703-1727)
Board of Longitude
Trinity College, Cambridge (Fellow)
Awards and honors: Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics, Cambridge
Knight Bachelor (1705)
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections,… by Sir Isaac Newton

This groundbreaking treatise on the nature of light was originally written in 1704 by Sir Isaac Newton. This particular book is based on the fourth edition, which was printed in 1730. Using practical and repeatable experiments, Newton demonstrates the nature of light and the origins of color. I'm not sure if this is abridged or not but either way it is quite interesting.

I have read The Principia which is also by Newton, but Opticks is far more understandable and accessible. Principia was mostly based on theory and was translated from Latin, so it is a breath of fresh air to have a book that was originally written in English and has images that are close to the text that refers to them. Also, Opticks is quite practical since the experiments can be reproduced. All you need is a set of prisms, natural light and a way to shut out that light.

The treatise is split into three books, but I don't think it is complete. I believe the preface mentioned that some of the book was removed in the later editions, but I don't think it took away from the book itself. This book also contains a portion containing the history of the treatise and a forward by Albert Einstein.

All in all, this book was quite amazing and well written. I would certainly read this again.… (more)