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Reading Newton in early modern Europe /
Reading Newton in Early Modern Europe investigates how Sir Isaac Newton's Principial was read, interpreted and remodelled for a variety of readerships in eighteenth-century Europe. The editors, Mordechai Feingold and Elizabethanne Boran, have brought together papers which explore how, when, whe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2017]
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ;
v. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Reading Newton in Early Modern Europe; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part 1: Introducing Newton; 2 The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in Naples; 3 Newton and the Spanish Artillerymen; 4 The Practical Tradition of Dutch Newtonianism; 5 Science for Ladies? Elizabeth Carter's Translation of Algarotti and "popular" Newtonianism in the Eighteenth Century; 6 Irish Newtonian Physicians and Their Arguments: The Case of Bryan Robinson; Part 2: Challenging Newton; 7 Controversies over Comets: Isaac Newton, Nicolas Hartsoeker, and Early Modern World-making
- 8 's Gravesande's and Van Musschenbroek's Appropriation of Newton's Methodological Ideas9 Newton's Concepts of Force among the Leibnizians; 10 How Did Berkeley Read Newton?; Part 3: Remodelling Newton; 11 Newton's Reputation as an Alchemist and the Tradition of Chymiatria; 12 Isaac Newton, Heretic? Some Eighteenth-Century Perceptions; Index