Commentary on Newton's Principia

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Commentary on Newton's Principia is Émilie du Châtelet’s influential French translation and elucidation of Isaac Newton’s Principia, which helped popularize and clarify Newtonian physics in the 18th century.

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instanceOf French translation ⓘ
book ⓘ
scientific commentary ⓘ
aim to clarify the mathematical and physical content of Newton's Principia ⓘ
to popularize Newtonian physics ⓘ
associatedPerson Isaac Newton ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Enlightenment ⓘ
author Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ
basedOn Isaac Newton's Principia ⓘ
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ
clarifiesConcept centripetal force ⓘ
inertial motion ⓘ
law of universal gravitation ⓘ
laws of motion ⓘ
orbital motion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
explainsWorkOf Isaac Newton ⓘ
field mathematics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
genre commentary ⓘ
scientific treatise ⓘ
translation ⓘ
hasCommentaryOn Newton's laws of motion ⓘ
Newton's theory of gravitation ⓘ
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the spread of Newtonian ideas in continental Europe ⓘ
one of the earliest major French expositions of Newtonian mechanics ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment science ⓘ
reception of Newtonian physics in France ⓘ
influencedBy Isaac Newton ⓘ
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ
language French ⓘ
notableFor being authored by a prominent woman scientist of the 18th century ⓘ
detailed mathematical explanations of Newton's propositions ⓘ
making Newton's work accessible to a broader educated public ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedWork Foundations of Physics by Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ
subject Newtonian physics ⓘ
linked to: Newtonian mechanics

classical mechanics ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
universal gravitation ⓘ
title Commentaire sur les Principes de Newton ⓘ
translator Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ

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Émilie du Châtelet → notableWork → Commentary on Newton's Principia ⓘ
subject linked to: Marquise du Châtelet
Translation of Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica into French → notableFor → including extensive commentary by Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ
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Commentary on Newton's Principia → title → Commentaire sur les Principes de Newton ⓘ
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Commentary on Newton's Principia → relatedWork → Foundations of Physics by Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ
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Francesco Algarotti → notableWork → Il Newtonianismo per le dame ⓘ
linked to: Commentary on Newton's Principia