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The Newton papers : the strange and true odyssey of Isaac Newton's manuscripts /

"When Isaac Newton died at 85 without a will on March 20, 1727, he left a mass of disorganized papers--upwards of 8 million words--that presented an immediate challenge to his heirs. Most of these writings, on subjects ranging from secret alchemical formulas to impassioned rejections of the Hol...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dry, Sarah, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prologue: Keynes at the sale -- The death of Newton -- The inheritors -- Petrifying Newton -- The madness of Newton -- The meanness of Newton -- Getting to know the knowers -- Wrangling with Newton -- Newton divided -- English books, American buyers -- The dealers -- The Sotheby sale -- The revealed Newton -- The Newton industry -- The search for unity -- Epilogue: The ultimate value. 
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