Principia Mathematica: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

First published in 1687, Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy sets out laws of motion and a universal inverse-square gravitation, then uses them to explain the orbits of planets and moons, the tides, and the paths of comets. Book I develops the geometry of forces and central orbits; Book II treats motion in resisting fluids; Book III applies the system to the observed world. The method is mathematical demonstration rather than experiment narrative. The work is a treatise of mechanics and celestial physics, not the later Russell-Whitehead logic text that shares the short title Principia Mathematica.

Bound in black cloth with silver and colour solar system decorations to covers. Black endleaves. Black two-volume slipcase.