Presentation Date:
Saturday, March 21, 1987
Location:
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL
Commemorating the tricentennial of the Principia's publication, this exhibition had four parts:
- Newton's Life and Work
- Newton Made Simple: Popularization in the 18th Century
- The Prism and the Telescope [relationship of Newton's optical discoveries to his invention of the reflecting telescope]
- Mathematical Instruments of Newton's Day
See also: 1980s