The prehistory of the Principia from 1664 to 1686

DOI10.1098/rsnr.1991.0002zbMath0716.01010OpenAlexW2102157057WikidataQ56083900 ScholiaQ56083900MaRDI QIDQ3202967

Derek Thomas Whiteside

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1991.0002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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