History and Philosophy of Mechanics: Newton's Principia Mathematica

Subjects: History · Science · Technology

Art: Charles Knight (1791-1873), Interior of the Bodleian Library-14587394080, 1845 · Public domain

Instructor: Adam Schulman
Term: Fall 2011
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 1 reading · 2 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare CC.S10 History and Philosophy of Mechanics: Newton's Principia Mathematica, Fall 2011, Adam Schulman — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

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