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Yes indeed. Laplace was born in 1749, well after Euler's Mechanica of 1736. He used a strong calculus base for his formulation of classical mechanics, and was indeed. another man of great genius. What I am trying to get at is who first wrote out N II as F = ma? There are hints that it may have...

Of course - Euler formulated Newton analytically. The Mechanica is calculus based. It is Newton that does not use his own calculus in the Principia. The question concerns who was the first to use a modern mathematical approach to expounding Newton. As to the English translation mentioned, it's...

Greetings historians of physics! Newton's Principia is written almost entirely using geometrical proofs and diagrams, barely using any calculus at all. It is thought that Newton was reluctant to use his calculus in this work, fearing that it would undermine its credibility and reception, since...

In a drag race starting from rest, assume we have constant acceleration and the acceleration is limited by tire friction. I understand we have ##v(t) = at## and I have read elsewhere on this forum that ##a = \mu_sg## where ##\mu_s## is the static friction involved, and ##g## is the acceleration...