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Psychological Reports

An extremely impressive and useful new English translation of Newton's revolutionary work. . . . That such a project was completed so well is a result of astonishing scholarship and collaboration among a wide group of talented people. This reviewer applauds their work, as undoubtedly many other English readers will in time to come.

London Review of Books

Copes ably with puzzles of Newtonian commentary. . .[A] new and handsome edition.

Times Higher Education Supplement

Will be of interest to a wide scientific and scholarly audience the new translation flows smoothly and elegantly.

New York Times

A new paperback of an old book may not seem like a big deal, except when its author is arguably the greatest scientist of all time and the book was first published 312 years ago.

Physics Today

The Guide is not simply a guide to reading the Principia, but is a veritable cornucopia of topics related to that work, such as issues of translation, historical background, conceptual analyses, mathematical methods, and units used. As we would expect of the doyen of Newton scholars, Cohen's judgments and analyses are up to date, fascinating, and useful. . . . Cohen and Whitman's translation deserves to become the new standard. . . . With this fine translation . . . it is now much easier for serious readers to discover that magisterial work for themselves.

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