The full title of this seminal work is Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica or The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Commonly known as the Principia, it is considered to be one of the most important single works in the history of modern science.
In Principia, Sir Isaac Newton formulated the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. These laws enabled him to explain a range of phenomena, including the motion of planets, moons and comets within the solar system, the behaviour of Earth's tides, the precession of the equinoxes and the irregularities in the moon's orbit. |
