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McLoughlin, who is from Newton, Mass., says he does not consider himself a political person. However, after reading about Bradley this summer, he decided to take part in a July canvassing effort that knocked on 35,000 doors in New Hampshire...
Cohen began working on this book, together with a co-author, Anne Whitman, in 1974. In 1972, Cohen and Whitman published an edition of Principia, in Latin, that combined all three editions of Newton's Principia, showing the transformation of the work from the original to the third edition...
...publication of Cohen and Whitman's Latin edition was almost universally praised, according to Cohen. The comparison of Newton's three editions offered insight into the development of Newton's ideas, and shed light on the progression of Principia's important concepts...
Cohen, who retired from his faculty position in 1984, has dedicated many years to the study of Newton's work...
...special field, the scientific revolution, focuses on the activities of the 16th and 17th centuries," he said. "Isaac Newton was a key figure, and many consider his Principia to be the high point of the revolution...