Originally written as part of his Principia Mathematica, Newton integrated Kepler's laws of planetary motion and Galileo's forays into the laws of gravity into a comprehensive understanding of the organization of the universe according to the law of universal gravitation. Includes an Introduction by one of the world's foremost authorities on Newton. Unabridged republication of the second 1731 edition published by William Dawson, London, 1969.
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