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tamaralgage1's review against another edition
1.0
This is difficult read that reminds me of the days of plowing my way through Calculus. Although painful, it's a humbling experience to realize my limited intelligence and desire to be this focused on a subject. I accept the moon is out there at a given distance and travel at an arc around the earth. In addition, I appreciate the brilliance of the people that made these discovers. But, I do not want to read the details.
In addition, I do not want to read the never ending detail about water tides. I did however have an ah ha moment when water rises in one place it must recede someplace else. Dah ....
Well, bottom line, it's not an exciting book.
In addition, I do not want to read the never ending detail about water tides. I did however have an ah ha moment when water rises in one place it must recede someplace else. Dah ....
Well, bottom line, it's not an exciting book.
sinclair123's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
snowbenton's review against another edition
I read this for Neil deGrasse Tyson's list of eight books every intelligent person should read. I don't feel like I can give it a rating because I didn't follow any of the math, but I did enjoy Newton's arrogance. It was amazing how much people could learn in the 1600s with the limited technology and religious influences that surrounded scientists.
jamie_toomai's review against another edition
3.0
This book must be among the pillars underlying modern thought since it first introduced calculus. The middle part is very dry, as Newton himself admits. But it is fun to read Newton's Laws of Motion as he originally wrote them and how he arrived at them. For instance, I remember one of my high school teachers saying somthing about when we state Newton's third law it is pretty short, but Newton was very long winded and technical. Not so! "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction." More interesting are his experiments to verify the Third Law.
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