Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes for greatest work going up for London auction
Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
Pages containing Isaac Newton’s jotted revisions to his masterwork, the “Principia,” are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie’s said Tuesday, KTLA.com reports.
Published in 1687, Newton’s “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” — “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a scientific watershed. A first edition of the book sold at auction for $3.7 million in 2016.
Thomas Venning, head of books and manuscripts at Christie’s in London, said the book “reinvented our understanding of the universe.”
The page and a half of notes for a planned second edition includes comments and diagrams by Scottish mathematician and astronomer David Gregory. The two scientists met and corresponded while Newton worked on revising the “Principia” in the 1690s.
Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes for greatest work going up for London auction
Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
Pages containing Isaac Newton’s jotted revisions to his masterwork, the “Principia,” are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie’s said Tuesday, KTLA.com reports.
Published in 1687, Newton’s “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” — “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a scientific watershed. A first edition of the book sold at auction for $3.7 million in 2016.
Thomas Venning, head of books and manuscripts at Christie’s in London, said the book “reinvented our understanding of the universe.”
The page and a half of notes for a planned second edition includes comments and diagrams by Scottish mathematician and astronomer David Gregory. The two scientists met and corresponded while Newton worked on revising the “Principia” in the 1690s.
Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes for greatest work going up for London auction
Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
Pages containing Isaac Newton’s jotted revisions to his masterwork, the “Principia,” are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie’s said Tuesday, KTLA.com reports.
Published in 1687, Newton’s “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” — “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a scientific watershed. A first edition of the book sold at auction for $3.7 million in 2016.
Thomas Venning, head of books and manuscripts at Christie’s in London, said the book “reinvented our understanding of the universe.”
The page and a half of notes for a planned second edition includes comments and diagrams by Scottish mathematician and astronomer David Gregory. The two scientists met and corresponded while Newton worked on revising the “Principia” in the 1690s.
Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes for greatest work going up for London auction
Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
Pages containing Isaac Newton’s jotted revisions to his masterwork, the “Principia,” are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie’s said Tuesday, KTLA.com reports.
Published in 1687, Newton’s “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” — “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a scientific watershed. A first edition of the book sold at auction for $3.7 million in 2016.
Thomas Venning, head of books and manuscripts at Christie’s in London, said the book “reinvented our understanding of the universe.”
The page and a half of notes for a planned second edition includes comments and diagrams by Scottish mathematician and astronomer David Gregory. The two scientists met and corresponded while Newton worked on revising the “Principia” in the 1690s.
Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes for greatest work going up for London auction
Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
Pages containing Isaac Newton’s jotted revisions to his masterwork, the “Principia,” are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie’s said Tuesday, KTLA.com reports.
Published in 1687, Newton’s “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” — “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a scientific watershed. A first edition of the book sold at auction for $3.7 million in 2016.
Thomas Venning, head of books and manuscripts at Christie’s in London, said the book “reinvented our understanding of the universe.”
The page and a half of notes for a planned second edition includes comments and diagrams by Scottish mathematician and astronomer David Gregory. The two scientists met and corresponded while Newton worked on revising the “Principia” in the 1690s.