The \textit{Principia}'s second law (as Newton understood it) from Galileo to Laplace

DOI10.1007/s00407-019-00242-yzbMath1439.01007OpenAlexW2989641366WikidataQ126624268 ScholiaQ126624268MaRDI QIDQ2307666

Bruce Pourciau

Publication date: 25 March 2020

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-019-00242-y

zbMATH Keywords

Newton's second law of motionfundamentals of mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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