About this event

Category
Lunch Lecture
Organizer
62nd Board 'Scientia Vincere Tenebras'
Date and time
Feb 25, 2019 12:45 - 13:30
Location
Amphitheater Vrijhof

Studium Generale organizes a lunch lecture about Sir Isaac Newton. The lecture will be given by Prof. dr. ir. Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis and free lunch is included. 

Standing on the shoulders of Newton

With his Principia of 1687, Isaac Newton (1642-1727) laid the foundations of modern science. This achievement was possible because – as he phrased – he could stand on the shoulders of giants. When you open Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, however, you will have a hard time finding Newton’s laws and recognizing it as Newtonian mechanics. What exactly are the shoulders we are standing on? In this presentation we will have a closer look at the Principia to find out what problems Newton solved.