I found out before my grandfather passed away, he had around a three hour conversation about Principia Mathematica...I'm now curious to look into it. I've already looked it up on search engines, so I was wondering if any of you have an explaination on what it is and what it contains...thanks :)
2007-08-23 04:27:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Sorry, forgot to mention it was
Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell's version
2007-08-23 04:55:05 · update #1
There are two great books known as Principia Mathematica.
First on is "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" [Mathematical Principles of Natural Phylosophy], Isaac Newton's three-volume work containing explanations of his laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.
The other one is "Principia Mathematica" Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell's work on fundations of mathematics (Stuff like set theory and Type theory), published in early 1900's
2007-08-23 04:39:03 · answer #1 · answered by dy/dx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Principia Mathematica is a 3-volume work on the foundations of mathematics, written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell and published in 1910–1913.
2007-08-23 11:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know it's a book written by Sir Isaac Newton. Try searching for Isaac Newton or looking up Principia Mathematica on Wikipedia.
2007-08-23 11:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by luckythirteen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋