"Isaac Newton and the Principia" Opens at National Museum of American History, March 23, 1987
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Print"Isaac Newton and the Principia: Three Hundred Years" opens at the National Museum of American History. The exhibition marks the 1687 publication of Newton's "Principia Mathematica," cornerstone of modern physics and an important influence in the study of chemistry, electricity, and magnetism.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March 23, 1987