Reading Newton's Principia Mathematica by candlelight

In the latter half of the video, only the corollaries are read out and not their explanations which were often very visual and didn't make sense to listen to. There is also a small section about absolute motion from the first scholium which is missing.

Translated to English by Andrew Motte (1729) and revised by Florian Cajori (1947).

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[anondude]

This brings back memories. I remember when I was 16 or 17 years old, and I lived in finnish countryside in my parents farm. One night there was a winterstorm that did cut out electricity. Next day I had physics exam about electricity, and I was studying by the candlelight, while outside wind was blowing loudly in darkness. Felt like scientist in 17th century.

[nicholasvaultonburg]

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a Tibees video which, by everything we know about the YouTube algorithm and internet tastes in general, shouldn't succeed, do just that. 25 thousand people tuned in to watch someone read Newton's literature under candles. 211k people like this channel enough to come back. That's it.

[alexwillis]

Sounds like Hermione reading a book from the restricted section

[discrepanthellebore]

Those apples are so happy listening to the book wrote by one who gave them their dignity

[berrickfillmore]

Gottfried Leibniz and Robert Hooke disliked this video.

[CHAS]

This is beautiful...this is the best video I've seen for ages. It was written by Newton by candle light and it is read by Tibees by candle light. Beautiful in so many ways. Bravo for your artistic touch

[randomdude]

Tibees:
Youtube: You've got a copystrike.
Tibees: By whom?




*Newton from the grave enters the chat*

[Litzow]

I think this is the most important book in the history of science.
And probably the most important book a being from our species has done to understand objectively the universe.


The Newtonian Mechanics are so precise, after 2000 years of speculation, a genius mind offered the world the first causes and principles of how the universe functions at a matematical-mechanical level, a work that allowed us to manipulate matter and advance to our technological era, and a book that show us the true perspective of Natural Philosophy.

[theCodyReeder]

Fantastic! We would probably be happy to listen to you read the phone book tbh.

[alissonreinaldosilva]

You can definitely find anything on YouTube nowadays.

[bugrahanibicek]

Doctor: You have 1 hour 6 minutes and 31 seconds to live.

Me:

[huggybear]

I had no idea Newton had such a great sense of humor. He kept me in stitches the whole time.

[dibujodecroquis]

I loved this, Toby. This English is 80 % Latin, easy to understand for me, a Spanish native speaker. I studied all of what you said at high school and college. I'm currently applying Newton's laws to Hyperloop. Never could Newton have imagined that his laws would be centuries later applied to a vehicle running at 760 mph!

Greetings from Spain.

DdC.

[DanteHellDrive]

One unstable electron disliked this video.

[kicksnarehat]

This is a wonderfully intimate presentation of one of the pillars of human understanding. Thank you so much and I hope you keep these coming with other works, as well as live discussions of such matters as the nature of the universe, physics, qm, and whatever else your curiosity discovers next :)

[JohnDoe-txlq]

This is how Rapunzel passed the time while waiting for her hair to grow. 😎

[ncharles]

It's pleasing to know that there are still those out there who read the classics by candlelight. Respect.

[definitiveentertainment]

A fairy tale princess is reading me Newton by candlelight as I fall asleep.
I’m lost for words.
This is just the best damn thing.

Ps: Props on the authentic props.

[zachsbanana]

Listening to this while studying for my Engineering exam makes me feel like I’m Isaac Newton’s son being forced to do his homework while listening to his explanations on gravity 😆 Subbed cause I enjoyed this

[averry]

I'm here for 10% interest, 20% entertainment, 70% relaxation :D unintentional Asmr is nice