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[[Isaac Newton]] composed ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica|Principia Mathematica]]'' during 1685 and 1686,<ref>For information on Newton's later life and post-''Principia'' work, see [[Isaac Newton's later life]].

</ref> and it was published in a first edition on July 5, 1687 and began changing the world. Widely regarded as one of the most important works in both the [[Physics|science of physics]] and in [[Mathematics|applied mathematics]] during the [[Scientific revolution]], the work underlies much of the technological and scientific advances from the [[Industrial Revolution]] (usually dated from 1750) which its tools helped to create.

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== Authoring ''Principia'' ==

===Work begins===