#Principia Mathematica

[samanaiirburtininkes]

2024.11.03 | 2/100 days of studying

Today the day started late and we planned to go back to Vilnius so I would not simply study. We returned later in the day so before that I managed to read some Hegel and went over some German vocab on Anki, began reading Gadamer.

During the ride I repeated some Latin but was feeling a bit sick so listened to The Eras Tour playlist til Vilnius.

After some rest we watched the second episode of 'Twin Peaks' and then I read some more Gadamer.

I am still very behind :(

I hope next week my Latin professor will send me notes on Newton's Principia translation

[whats-in-a-sentence]

That was a special problem which remained unsolved for a century after the "Principia Mathematica."

"The Stars in their Courses" - Isaac Asimov

[wisdomfish]

Newton poses a problem for Dawkins.

Newton is possibly the greatest scientist of all time, and was a strong believer in God. So how does Dawkins deal with Newton? He tries to neutralize Isaac Newton by claiming he was a fake, motivated by money. This is how he does it – the passage is in Dawkins' book The God Delusion. Dawkins starts with a quote from Bertrand Russell who said: "Intellectually eminent men disbelieve the Christian religion, but hide the fact, because they are afraid of losing their income." The next sentence is: "Newton was religious." The insinuation is that Newton was faking belief in God to get money. This is totally false.

If Newton was faking it, he really overdid it. He wrote to his friend Richard Bentley: "When I wrote my treatise [Principia Mathematica], I had an eye upon such principles as might work for the belief of a deity, and nothing can rejoice me more, than to find it useful for that purpose." He read the Bible every day; attacked and ridiculed atheists and wrote letters encouraging opponents of atheism. Newton wrote:

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things, and knows all that is or can be done. This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being.

And this: "It is the perfection of God's works, that they are all done with the greatest simplicity. He is the God of order and not of confusion." Galileo said: "The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go." Galileo, Newton and Einstein all believed in God, therefore Dawkins' claim that science and religion are in conflict is nonsense.

~ John Marsh 

[ahb-writes]

"While in London, UK, Adam [Savage] meets up with Brady Haran at The Royal Society! Brady takes us down to the archives of this historic science academy where Library Manager Rupert Baker lets Adam flip through the first edition of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica printed in 1687. We learn the storied history of the publication of this groundbreaking text and its significance to modern science. Plus, Adam gets to examine Sir Isaac Newton's actual death mask!"

[adambadeau]

I’m gonna rate half (not all) of the titles

Principia Mathematica 2: Woodrow Wilson’s Whirlwind Whistle-stop Tour - 11/10, I think it’s hilarious, and he does in fact go on a whirlwind whistlestop tour

PM: Isaac Newton and the Rip in the Space Time Continuum - 9.5/10. The original and very accurate this is what it entails

PM8: Anarchy - 8.6/10 , there is, in fact, anarchy in this one.

PM5: the WRATH of Herold! - 7/10 . It’s funny to me and he is, in fact, wrathful in this one.

PM9: Parabola - 5/10- it’s a cool name but there are not many parabolas in this one

[tenth-sentence]

All this stuff that seems so simple now is only simple because Isaac Newton explained it first in his book "Principia Mathematica," published in 1687.

"The Stars in their Courses" - Isaac Asimov

[slapstikcomedyentertainment]

Hilarious Histories - July 5

Newton especially struggled with the problem of counterfeit currency...

On July 5, 1687, a man slightly more brilliant than myself, Sir Isaac Newton, published the “Principia Mathematica.” Two hundred fifty years later to the day, Spam was introduced to a grateful world. Coincidence? I think not. The eminent scientist unveiled several wonders for humanity, which in deference to him share his name. These include Newton’s laws of motion, Newton’s law of universal…

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Own copy of Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) of the first edition (1687) of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), annotated by himself for the second edition. 📖

[rugessnome]

nightblogging concept: Sidious and Tyranus do "Defying Gravity" but accidentally end up with the lyrics to "Defining Gravity" instead

therefore somebody gets passive aggressively wished "I hope you never wind up manic and deny quantum mechanics!"

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica had appeared in 1687, using the new tool of calculus that Newton himself developed to express his mechanical model of the heavens mathematically.*

*Unless, that is, the German thinker Gottfried Leibniz, who was working on similar mathematical methods in the 1670s, in fact developed calculus first and Newton just stole the credit. Most likely the two thinkers invented calculus independently, but mutual accusations of plagiarism eventually poisoned their relationship.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

[nothoward]

Because.

- Newton's Fourth Law

[millersix]

i miss translating latin i should get back to that <3

[mutter-official]

WHY IS THE BASTARD CHILD OF WHITEHEAD AND RUSSEL FOLLOWING ME

[tagitables]

Wherein doth truth reside, when naught but lies are sought;

Herein lies the truth, in shadows fraught.

[ 4 October 2024, 01:58 AM | My Feeble Thought of the Day ]

[adambadeau]

“Ooohh,” muttered Edwin, surveying Woodrow Wilson’s corpse, which turned into sparkling glitter dust beneath him. He wiped all of the blood hastily on the legs of his trousers. Betsey placed a hand on his shoulder. He swatted it away. A brooding, miserable expression came over him. “I have never done that before… do not count on it happening again.”

the room smelled heavily of blood, and they were all coated in a fresh dusting of glitter.

Isaac made a coughing noise and made for the door with the blueprints, but Edwin, shaking, uneasily grabbed his arm.

“Something’s not right,” Edwin muttered. “Stay back, and I’ll-“

drifting down the hall, was the soft sound, of The Beatles. Water Polo Guy, recognizing the offenders, said, “Edwin, you aren’t going to like this.”

John Wilkes and David Herold, feeding into their apprehension, unnecessarily kicked down the door . “HA HA HA! You’ve all fallen into my trap! The one with the spikes and the cage full of the piranhas and…”

Johnny disappointedly glanced around.

“where are the spikes?”

OVER FIFTY PAGES PLUS HUNDREDS OF COMICS OF THIS. THIS!!!!

[tenth-sentence]

No single human brain could conceive of Hamlet, Principia Mathematica or Codex Leicester; they were created by and belong to the entire human race, and the library of wonders continues to grow.

"Human Universe" - Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen