[Philclub] ANNC: "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"

[Steve Barney <barnes99@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu>]

Math Club Event

Time:
4 pm, Thursday
November 13, 2003
Swart Hall, Rm 217

Speaker:
Dr. Michael Briley
UWO Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Title:
"Newton, the Principia, and Gravity"

Abstract:
"Published in 1686, one of the central themes of Newton's "Mathematical
Principles of Natural Philosophy" is gravity. The motions of the planets were
well known through Kepler's Laws, but it was Newton and the Principia that
explained them as a natural consequence of gravity. We'll take a quick look at
a few excerpts from the Principia and see if we can follow Newton's reasoning
which led to a description of gravity that's still used today."

Background Note:
The Principia Mathematica has been called ?the greatest scientific treatise
ever written.? Its contributions include the invention of calculus, and the
concept of the limit. Isaac Newton is considered to be among the greatest
mathematicians who ever lived.

Steve Barney

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