Book I
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Book I is the first section of Isaac Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, laying out the mathematical foundations of classical mechanics and the laws of motion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T969187 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book I Context triple: [Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, dividedInto, Book I]
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he challenges the doctrine of innate ideas and lays the groundwork for his empiricist theory of knowledge.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he lays the philosophical groundwork for his theory of legitimate political authority and the social pact.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, introducing the mock-historical tone and humorous narrative that characterize the rest of the book.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," where he lays out the foundational principles of his heliocentric model of the cosmos.
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Book I: Antiquities
Book I: Antiquities is the opening section of Cotton Mather’s historical work Magnalia Christi Americana, focusing on the early history and foundations of New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book I Target entity description: Book I is the first section of Isaac Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, laying out the mathematical foundations of classical mechanics and the laws of motion.
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A.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, introducing the mock-historical tone and humorous narrative that characterize the rest of the book.
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B.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he lays the philosophical groundwork for his theory of legitimate political authority and the social pact.
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C.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he challenges the doctrine of innate ideas and lays the groundwork for his empiricist theory of knowledge.
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D.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," where he lays out the foundational principles of his heliocentric model of the cosmos.
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E.
Book I: Antiquities
Book I: Antiquities is the opening section of Cotton Mather’s historical work Magnalia Christi Americana, focusing on the early history and foundations of New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of scientific treatise ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Newton ⓘ |
| concerns |
areas swept out by radius vectors
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curvilinear motion ⓘ motion of bodies under central forces ⓘ orbital motion ⓘ |
| contains | Newton's three laws of motion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| defines | mass in terms of density and volume ⓘ |
| field | classical mechanics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
laws of motion
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mathematical foundations of mechanics ⓘ |
| genre | scientific treatise ⓘ |
| hasPositionInWork | first of three books in the Principia ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | established rigorous mathematical basis for classical mechanics ⓘ |
| includes |
lemmas on limits and infinitesimals (method of first and last ratios)
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propositions on elliptical orbits ⓘ propositions on uniform circular motion ⓘ the area law (Kepler's second law derived) ⓘ the inverse-square law treatment for central forces ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century celestial mechanics
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development of analytical mechanics ⓘ formulation of later physics textbooks ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
absolute motion
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absolute space ⓘ absolute time ⓘ centripetal force ⓘ impulse ⓘ inertia ⓘ momentum ⓘ quantity of motion ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deriving Kepler's laws from an inverse-square central force
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systematic use of geometric limit arguments ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1687 ⓘ |
| partOf | Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ |
| precedes |
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
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surface form:
Book II (Principia)
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ
surface form:
Book III (Principia)
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| structure | lemmas, definitions, axioms, scholia, propositions, corollaries ⓘ |
| subject |
laws governing motion of bodies
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mathematical derivation of orbital laws ⓘ |
| title | De motu corporum ⓘ |
| uses | axioms or laws of motion ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
geometrical methods
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synthetic geometry ⓘ |
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Subject: Book I Description of subject: Book I is the first section of Isaac Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, laying out the mathematical foundations of classical mechanics and the laws of motion.
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