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  • Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Princi - ples of Natural Philosophy and his System of the World, trans. from the Latin (1687), by Andrew Motte (1729), revised by F. Cajori (Berkeley, 1934); the Latin title Philos - ophiae naturalis principia mathematica (London, 1687) is frequently referred to as Principia.

    SPACE SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • Principia is a tiny liberal arts school in rural Illinois for Christian Scientists, a sect that holds, among other things, that most illnesses are spiritual in nature and can be healed through prayer.

    Joe Fitzgibbon: Young Technocrat Has Eyes on Olympia « PubliCola 2010

  • If Russell couldn’t make it stick in Principia Mathematica, then no Kucinich nor Krauthammer is likely to do so today.

    Think Progress » Fox Thinks Winter Chill Disproves Global Warming; Experts Disagree 2010

  • A side note: even as a loose analogy, I’m not sure that Principia is a good example.

    Patents and Tacit Knowledge 2009

  • If Russell couldn’t make it stick in Principia Mathematica, then no Kucinich nor Krauthammer is likely to do so today.

    Think Progress » Fox Thinks Winter Chill Disproves Global Warming; Experts Disagree 2010

  • This was the core of the complaint by Cartesians that the Principia was a work of mathematics, not physics.

    Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Smith, George 2007

  • The Principia was a broad open space, which separated the lower part of the Roman camp from the upper, and extended the whole breadth of the camp.

    De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • The same type of configuration or "aspect" was influencing the birth chart of Rene Descartes in 1637 when he published his epoch-defining Discourse on Methods, and was prominent in the birth chart of Isaac Newton in 1687 when he published the Principia, which is widely regarded as the foundational work of modern science.

    unknown title 2009

  • In 1687, he published his book "Principia" in which he described his theory of gravity and the laws of motion.

    Newton's apple tree bound for gravity-free space 2010

  • Thirty years later his "Principia" would change the face of mathematics and mechanics.

    Masters Of Old Britannia 2007

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