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Newton's "Principia" stolen

Posted by chrisd on from the dirty-filthy-tasteful-thiefs dept.

Silverleaf writes "O2 have a story on the theft of Isaac Newton's revolutionary "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" from a Russian museum. For the non-physicists among you, Newton first published his famed three laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation in "Principia" in 1687. I'm surprised this theft hasn't attracted more attention in the mainstream media, since "Principia" is generally considered the most important scientific works in history."

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  1. Re:It's ok... by spongman · · Score: 2, Troll

    I've read it, and I have to say it makes for a pretty frustrating read. He spends pages upon pages basically reinventing calculus in the context of each problem. You'll probably spend most of the book wondering why he didn't just listen to leibnitz in the first place. He probably would have saved himself a whole lot of time (and ink).