Caltech Archives "We felt like Sherlock Holmes," Feingold said of the pair's literary quest. The last census of Newton's Principia, published in 1953, identified 189 copies.

It took her a little over a week. The sleuth is Caitlin Dolt ’22. Two university faculty members believe she has identified the “mystery annotator” who wrote corrective notes in Latin in the margins ...

In Principia Mathematica, Newton lays out his three laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation. Perhaps most famous is Newton’s third law of motion—“For every action there is an ...

One particularly valuable item allegedly stolen and recovered was Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," with an estimated value of $900,000.

In his 1687 “Principia Mathematica,” Newton proved the converse and claimed priority. The two men were at odds. Only Hooke possessed the drawing of his version of how things worked.

Sir Isaac Newton, unquestionably one of the greatest scientists of all time, published his defining book, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 325 years ago today. The text lays down ...

The book is Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," also known as the "Principia." Written in Latin, the book outlines Newton's three laws of motion, which are still a cornerstone ...

The Special Collections Research Center in Swem Library is home to a first-edition copy of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, perhaps better known by its nickname—the ...

The auction house has sold a first edition of Isaac Newton's 1687 masterpiece, Principia Mathematica, for just over $3.7 million -- the most expensive science book sold to date.

It’s intriguing to see the notes Newton himself made on the first edition of Principia Mathematica, in preparing for the second, and happily, the University has announced that they will be ...