So what’s the % of population that can understand it now? Voltaire said it was like 20 people at his time, it can’t be worse than that.
Newton's laws are highschool physics ... So I'd say half of the population understands it (almost all boys)
>>16262963They understand the concepts in the book, but the actual text is almost unreadable.
>>16262981What in the fuck is that
>>16262950Newton uses a geometric argument instead of pure calculus equations. Actually, there aren't really equations - he more just explains everything like >>16262981. It's still readable, but honestly I doubt it's any harder to read now than it was back then. Without equations, in order to fully understand the text you'd have to legit write everything out yourself, unless you're a super memorizer and can imagine a bunch of pictures in your head (bet Gauss could do that for example).
>>16262986v = atx1/x0 = .5a(t1)^2 / .5 a(t0)^2 = (t1/t0)^2
>>16262981What a headache...
>>16262950Just make it readable with AI.
>>16263253lol so shit. Turning over invokes the imagery of a car. The advice his father gave him helped him get started.
>>16262950Probably around 10%. In the last 40 years, calculus has become available to younger students in highschool/secondary school so the number of people who understand calculus has grown, but most people around the world do not take calculus in school.>>16262963This is delusional.
>>16263253This is complete shit, it would probably be wildly inaccurate given how obtuse the language is.There's already a comprehensive companion book by Chandresekhar that reformulates most of it using modern terminology.https://books.google.com/books?id=qfJVNPQVHbsC&hl=en
>>16262950ALL HAIL the great NEWTON!!! And the AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT although he probably wouldn’t like me because I’m black
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