"the entire foundation of modern maths" - NO, not at all! In fact, Newtons mathematics were rather irrelevant. Sure this book was great, but barely relevant for mathematics. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematics)

Not sure why you linked that wiki article, it doesn't support your conclusion in the slightest. Although there were people before Newton who helped develop the field of calculus such as Kepler, its a big stretch of the history to suggest that Isaac Newton's mathematics were irrelevant. As the wiki explains, while the first book of the Principia was created almost entirely using his fluxions, he chose to couch his new math in the older analytic methods of the ancient geometers. This was done partly to pay homage to the giants upon whose shoulders he stood (Pythagoras, Euclid, ect.) as well as make sure that only the handful of other mathematicians close to his proficiency could understand. Unfortunately for him this plan backfired and caused a whole lot of headaches for him during the dispute with Leibniz over the priority of discovery.

David W The wiki article was something for the commenter to read before writing dumb comments for cheap likes. It wasn't intended to make or support any point. About calculus: There is no doubt he invented calculus. But Leibniz did as well, and it's his version and notation we use today. By no means do I question Newtons brilliance, the fact that he invented calculus (as well) or that his maths was excellent and complicated, but neither does today's calculus nor most of mathematics depend on his work. *The point being, that I was annoyed by the fact that the top comment was a plainly uninformed and empty praise.*

Wait, top comment? Holy sh*t, I was just doing a bit of stupid Arson, Murder and Jaywalking for giggles '-' you people should be giving top comments to who promotes intelectual conversation, not me! XD

The fish book was probably more important than you realize, since it would indicate "this is a fish, not a sea serpent".

Lord issac Newton Master of names and atoms, Ideas and philosophy. The gatekeeper to the scientific method and inventor of something greater then himself... Long may he raign💡

LOL thinking the same during introduction

BoboDoboRobo same😂

I'm surprised that payment in fish books never really caught on.

yes enough of this newton character, let's get back the real royal society gem which is fish books

jmiquelmb I'd buy a reprint of the fish book collection

Brady should get knighted... and ride around on a toy horse like in Monty Python.

Is no-one going to mention that THE Joseph Raphson borrowed Flamsteed's copy, The same Raphson who simplified the notation of Newton's method of approximating roots, henceforth known as the Newton-Raphson method

How did your PhD go?

5 years late... but congratulations on confusing anyone who doesn't follow cricket!

I'm just guessing, but I strongly suspect a book of fishes today would be worth more than a pound. Even allowing for inflation. A sound investment.

The best investment ever. He only has to find out a way to survive for three and a half centuries to collect it, but very sound.

MrNoFaultz that's alright, I've always pronounced it Haley's comet.

It's Latin. Nobody *knows* how it's pronounced in the original tongue.

And I always thought it was pronounced prinCHipia, with a 'ch' sound, like that in the word 'choose', for example. Smaakjeks K has a point -- no one truly knows exactly how it's pronounced today, since Latin is a dead language.

I was tought (in my latin course in school) that both pronounciations can be correct. Not sure if the name of this book is a special case though. At least I don't think so.

yes both can be correct, because nobody knows if the c was pronounced like an s or a k

+PinkChucky15 cheers

why would they do that lol?

+Mark O'Leary imagine what the manuscript must be worth?

only 3.5 mil? would think a book of fishes would be worth atleast 4 mil

Ascdren I'd love a book of fish

@@ObjectivityVideos Lotsa money or not lotsa money

@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches I wonder how much one with Halleys' signature would sell for :-) And a little inscription like "I discovered a comet and all I got was 70 fish books"

We'll take that!

Raphson was also the person who coined the term "pantheist", fun fact

+TheAcenightcreeper well glad you're here now and hope you've caught the back catalogue.

same here :) - don't forget to tell your friends about us!

simontay1984 I'm writing my thesis on newton, and while i certainly agree he isn't fully appreciated by history, the book is mostly diagrams, lemmas, and definitions concerning the calculation of planetary orbits, not sure how practical that is for the everyday Joe blow these days.