Force and Geometry in Newton's Principia

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In this book Francois De Gandt introduces us to the reading of Newton's Principia in its own terms. The path of access that De Gandt proposes leads through the study of the geometrization of force. The result is a highly original meditation on the sources and meaning of Newton's magnum opus. In Chapter I De Gandt presents a translation of and deta

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"A major contribution to Newtonian studies."--Choice "De Gandt's book ... is a lucid and historically grounded essay devoted to Newton's mathematization of central forces."--Centaurus