In 1687, Isaac Newton published the book that explained gravity, with Edmond Halley paying for its printing; after passing through a British lord’s family, a first edition sold for Rs 5.49 crore in 2026
A book published in 1687 helped change how humanity understood the universe. Written by English mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica presented mathematical laws that explained the movement of objects on Earth and the motion of planets and other celestial bodies.Nearly 340 years later, a first edition of this historic work sold…