Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, often called simply the Principia, is a book by Sir Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727), author of the Principia, by Godfrey Kneller (1689)
Newton's own first edition copy of his Principia, with handwritten corrections for the second edition
Titlepage and frontispiece of the third edition, London, 1726 (John Rylands Library, Manchester)
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) formulated a heliocentric model of the universe.
English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton produced works exploring chronology, biblical interpretation, and alchemy. Some of this could be considered occult. Newton's scientific work may have b
An 1874 engraving showing a probably apocryphal account of Newton's lab fire. In the story, Newton's dog, Diamond, started the fire, burning 20 years of research. Newton is thought to have said: "O Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done."
Isaac Newton's diagram of part of the Temple of Solomon, taken from Plate 1 of The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (published London, 1728)