A Global Treasure Hunt

Author: Clavin, Whitney

Published in: Caltech Magazine, Volume 84, Number 1, 2021, pp. 32-35

Part of: Caltech Magazine, Volume 84:1, Spring 2021

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:20210421-155915922

Abstract

How a term paper on Newton’s Principia led to a decade-long search for first-edition copies around the world.