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  2. Absolute space and time - Wikipedia

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    Originally introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, the concepts of absolute time and space provided a theoretical foundation that facilitated Newtonian mechanics. [3] According to Newton, absolute time and space respectively are independent aspects of objective reality: [4]

  3. The System of the World (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The title alludes to the third volume of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which bears the same name. The System of the World won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel [1] and the Prometheus Award in 2005, as well as a receiving a nomination for the Arthur C. Clarke Award [1] the same year.

  4. Space - Wikipedia

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    Newton's theories about space and time helped him explain the movement of objects. While his theory of space is considered the most influential in physics, it emerged from his predecessors' ideas about the same. [7] As one of the pioneers of modern science, Galileo revised the established Aristotelian and Ptolemaic ideas about a geocentric cosmos.

  5. The System of the World - Wikipedia

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    The System of the World can refer to several things: The System of the World, a 2005 book by Neal Stephenson; The third book of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Newton's preliminary work of 1685, printed in English and in Latin (1728) under the titles Treatise of the System of the World and De mundi Systemate

  6. Newton's cannonball - Wikipedia

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    Newton's cannonball was a thought experiment Isaac Newton used to hypothesize that the force of gravity was universal, and it was the key force for planetary motion. It appeared in his posthumously published 1728 work De mundi systemate (also published in English as A Treatise of the System of the World). [1] [2]

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  8. Absolute theory - Wikipedia

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    According to the absolute theory of space, it is a homogeneous structure which exists and is independent of other things. [2] The Newtonian arguments of this theory, particularly those concerned with the ontological status of space and time, had been related to the existence of God through the concepts of absolute space and absolute time. [3]

  9. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica - Wikipedia

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    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (English: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), [1] often referred to as simply the Principia (/ p r ɪ n ˈ s ɪ p i ə, p r ɪ n ˈ k ɪ p i ə /), is a book by Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.