Newton's principia for the modern student (Record no. 567671)
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| fixed length control field | 01488 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789811276514 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 531 |
| Item number | G135n |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Gallant, Joseph |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Newton's principia for the modern student |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Joseph Gallant |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | World Scientific |
| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Place of publication | Singapore |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxi, 511p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | At some point in their careers, most physicists make an attempt to read and understand Newton's Principia. Unfortunately, it is an extremely difficult book — it quickly becomes clear that one does not simply 'read' the Principia. Even for a professional physicist, Newton's prose (written in Latin and translated to English) is difficult to follow. His diagrams and figures are complicated and confusing. To understand fully what Newton had done, the problems he posed would have to be solved by the reader.<br/><br/>Newton's geometric methods and techniques, and the geometry and vocabulary that passed for common knowledge in the late 17th century, are now arcane and all but inaccessible to a modern reader. The contents of the Principia are not. Most physicists and physics students, and many scientists in general, would find the physics in the Principia interesting, illuminating, and useful.<br/><br/>This book presents all the wonderful physics in the Principia in a manner that a modern reader can recognize and understand, using physics and mathematics as we understand them in the 21st century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Physics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Classical mechanics |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| General Stacks | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 29/09/2025 | 2 | 11181.24 | 531 G135n | A187064 | 14908.32 | Books |