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Recreating Newton : Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Dedication ; List of Illustrations and Tables ; Introduction ; Background ; Science and Genius ; Sources for Newtonian Biography ; Outline of Contents ; Conclusion.
- 1. Jean-Baptiste Biot's 'Newton' and its Translation (1822-1829)Biot's 'Newton' and the Laplacian Programme ; Biot's 'Newton': Light, Priority, Madness and Religion ; Newton for the Workers? The SDUK and Biography ; Translating Biot's 'Newton' ; Conclusion ; 2. David Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831): Defending the Hero; Brewster's Life of Newton.
- Contradictions: Brewster on Genius and Baconianism The Life of Newton and the Reform of Science ; Responses to Brewster's Life of Newton ; Conclusion ; 3. Francis Baily's Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed (1835); The Flamsteed/Newton Controversy Revisited ; A Select Audience ; Published Responses ; Baily's Reply.
- Conclusion 4. Newtonian Studies and the History of Science 1835-1855; Stephen Rigaud's Historical Writings ; Antiquarians, Archivists, Librarians and Historians of Science ; Joseph Edleston's Correspondence of Newton and Cotes (1850) ; Augustus De Morgan's Historical Writings ; Morality and 'Impartial' History.
- Conclusion 5. David Brewster's Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton (1855): The 'regretful witness'; The Gestation of Brewster's Memoirs ; The Memoirs and the History of Science ; Controversies: The Second Volume of the Memoirs ; Newton's Personality in the Memoirs and its Reviews ; Conclusion ; 6. The 'Mythical' and the 'Historical' Newton.