Book · 1999 · Science
The Principia
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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Newton wrote what is considered to be one of the most famous texts on F I guess physics called the principia.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2016 Listen at 23:55 What they say about it
- Publication year“released in 1687”2
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The reigning theory of gravity at the time of Einstein stretches all the way back to Newton in the late 17th century, Newton's laws, in his Principia in 1687.
Newton started The Principia with the theory of vortices is beset by difficulties on many sides.
Isaac Newton's discovery of like allowed for long-range ballistics which allowed the British Navy to dominate the world they're long-range cannons they could hit boats before the boats could hit them and that was like prinkipia Mathematica.
Yeah it is the philosophy naturalist principia mathaa by Isaac Newton.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2016 Where and when it comes up
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The Principia by Isaac Newton, along with I. Bernard Cohen's contributions, is a monumental scientific masterpiece published in 1687 that laid the groundwork for classical mechanics and the universal theory of gravitation. The text frequently surfaces in podcast conversations exploring the history of science and physics. On the Dwarkesh Podcast, Adam Brown noted that Newton's laws in the Principia formed the reigning theory of gravity prior to Einstein, while Dwarkesh Patel and Michael Nielsen contrasted the conceptual difficulty of gravity with later milestones like Darwin's Origin of Species and discussed Newton's intertwining mathematical and alchemical pursuits. Neil deGrasse Tyson highlighted on StarTalk Radio that Newton's greatest work did not even feature the word physics in its title and lacked equations in its opening section. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Stephen C. Meyer discussed how Newton argued against standard vortex theories of gravity in the work and pointed out that Newton included a theological epilogue, The General Scholium, which made his religious motivations explicit. Phil Labonte mentioned the book on Timcast IRL for its role in enabling long-range ballistics that helped the British Navy dominate maritime warfare.
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Joe Rogan Newton wrote what is considered to be one of the most famous texts on F I guess physics called the principia 2
“Newton wrote what is considered to be one of the most famous texts on F I guess physics called the principia”
“yeah it is the philosophy naturalist principia mathaa by Isaac Newton”
Stephen C Meyer and he later writes a theological epilogue to the book called The General scholium where he makes the the r… 2
“and he later writes a theological epilogue to the book called The General scholium where he makes the the religious motivation for his scientific work completely explicit and ends up making design arguments right in the in the context of that work”
“Newton started the principia with um the theory of vortices is beset by difficulties on many sides And then he argued against this the standard theory of gravity in presenting a case for a better view of how gravitation works”
Adam Brown The reigning theory of gravity at the time of Einstein stretches all the way back to Newton in the late 17t… 1
“The reigning theory of gravity at the time of Einstein stretches all the way back to Newton in the late 17th century, Newton's laws, in his Principia in 1687.”
Dwarkesh Patel So Principia Mathematica is released in 1687. The Origin of Species is released in 1859. 1
“So Principia Mathematica is released in 1687. The Origin of Species is released in 1859.”
Jed Buchwald there's two of them one's called the philosophical questions and the other is called the waste book 1
“there's two of them one's called the philosophical questions and the other is called the waste book”
Michael Nielsen They are just as sane as the Principia if their whole matter and purpose were not magical. They were nearly… 1
“They are just as sane as the Principia if their whole matter and purpose were not magical. They were nearly all composed during the same 25 years of his mathematical studies.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson That's right. And in fact the Newton's greatest work has the word philos the word physics is isn't even in… 1
“That's right. And in fact the Newton's greatest work has the word philos the word physics is isn't even in the title. That's right. The Prancipia doesn't even have equations in the first part.”
Phil Labonte Isaac Newton's discovery of like allowed for long-range ballistics which allowed the British Navy to domina… 1
“Isaac Newton's discovery of like allowed for long-range ballistics which allowed the British Navy to dominate the world they're long-range cannons they could hit boats before the boats could hit them and that was like prinkipia Mathematica”
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“And Isaac Newton first demonstrated this-- In Principia.”