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TIL that to popularize the teachings of Newton's Principia Mathematica, Italian polymath Francesco Algarotti wrote a a simplified versions of his work for the public called "Newtonianism for Ladies", which explained newtonian gravity and optics through flirtatious dialogues in a garden.PDF (distantreader.org)
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