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He went to a Christian Science boarding school in St. Louis and to Principia College, a Christian Science college in Elsah, Ill., and never smoked or drank.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Duvall studied drama at Principia College in Illinois.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Whitehead with their "Principia Mathematica" did just that, and modern logic was born.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024

While unveiling its proposals, the business lobby group dismissed allegations that its culture has been toxic, citing the findings from Principia.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

By 1694 Newton’s Principia had been published, and Wotton had some grasp of its significance; by 1705 he was able to present Newton’s Opticks as the exemplary text of the new science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton