Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (The Principia) is first published on July 5, 1687, by the Royal Society in England. This foundational work in science outlined his famous three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation, establishing classical mechanics and revolutionizing physics and astronomy.
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