Monday, April 28, 2008
This Day in the History of Genius Passed On
On this day in 1686, the first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatica" (Mathematical Principles) was published in London. He had invented differential and integral calculus in order to calculate things for fun. (Leibnitz invented it at about the same time and independently).
Below are Newton’s Laws of Motion:
1. Every physical body continues in its state of rest, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force or forces impressed upon it.
2. A change of motion is proportional to the force impressed upon the body and is made in the direction of the straight line in which the force is impressed.
3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
Book Three of the Principia opens with two pages headed “Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy.” There are four rules as follows:
1. We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain the appearances.
2. Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
3. The qualities of bodies which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of bodies whatsoever.
4. In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.
All still good rules for everyday life, especially the last rule.
(h/t Perodotos)
Below are Newton’s Laws of Motion:
1. Every physical body continues in its state of rest, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force or forces impressed upon it.
2. A change of motion is proportional to the force impressed upon the body and is made in the direction of the straight line in which the force is impressed.
3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
Book Three of the Principia opens with two pages headed “Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy.” There are four rules as follows:
1. We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain the appearances.
2. Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
3. The qualities of bodies which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of bodies whatsoever.
4. In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.
All still good rules for everyday life, especially the last rule.
(h/t Perodotos)
Labels: Genius, Isaac Newton
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I noticed that you've attended a past Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash and you're an influential blogger in Denver. I'm from the marketing department of ViewMyLife.com, a new online community based out of Denver's Tech Center and ready to take on the Internet giants like Facebook and LinkedIn. We recently launched and while we grow our site, we would like to connect with our local blogging community. We're interested in sponsoring the next blogger bash in hopes of introducing the site, gaining some expert advice from Denver's top bloggers and letting you know some of the product developments we have planned for the near future.
I've included information about ViewMyLife below. Quick overview is that ViewMyLife employs several of Denver's top programmers with experience from companies like NASA, TransUnion, Echostar, Comcast, and DISH Networks. We launched to the public March 25, after two years of development and five million of invested start-up.
The market need: People currently have a disjointed Internet experience, where applications are separate and do not support one another. Email is contained on one Web site, calendars on another, photos and social networks on additional sites, not to mention security issues.
The solution: ViewMyLife connects its online community through communication and productivity tools including high-resolution photo/video sharing, event planning, email, calendaring, contact management, instant messaging, news-feeds, secure file storage, blogs, eVents and eCards. All of this within an incredibly high-performance and customizable interface that streamlines people's time online, while offering more control and granular security settings over personal data.
We figure you know a thing or two about online communities and would love feedback from our local blogging community! Please let me know if you're interested in a night on us, or at the least, a quick coffee break.
Sincerely,
Liz Hutchins
--
Communications Director
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o) 877 843 9695
c) 970 274 0753
Visit my profile: www.viewmylife.com/#liz/
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