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
Marquise du Châtelet
surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
associatedWithMovement European Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
author Marquise du Châtelet
surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
basedOn Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
surface form: 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 Commentary on Newton's Principia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Foundations of Physics by Émilie du Châtelet
subject Newtonian mechanics
surface form: Newtonian physics

classical mechanics
mathematical physics
universal gravitation
title Commentary on Newton's Principia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commentaire sur les Principes de Newton
translator Marquise du Châtelet
surface form: Émilie du Châtelet

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Marquise du Châtelet notableWork Commentary on Newton's Principia
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Translation of Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica into French notableFor Commentary on Newton's Principia
this entity surface form: including extensive commentary by Émilie du Châtelet
Commentary on Newton's Principia title Commentary on Newton's Principia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Commentaire sur les Principes de Newton
Commentary on Newton's Principia relatedWork Commentary on Newton's Principia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Foundations of Physics by Émilie du Châtelet
Francesco Algarotti notableWork Commentary on Newton's Principia
this entity surface form: Il Newtonianismo per le dame