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Newton and the origin of civilization /

Isaac Newton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, published in 1728, one year after the great man's death, unleashed a storm of controversy. And for good reason. The book presents a drastically revised timeline for ancient civilizations, contracting Greek history by five hundred years...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buchwald, Jed Z. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Feingold, Mordechai
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Troubled Senses
  • Troubled Numbers
  • Erudition and Chronology in Seventeenth-Century England
  • Isaac Newton on Prophecies and Idolatry
  • Aberrant Numbers : The Propagation of Mankind before and after the Deluge
  • Newtonian History
  • Text and Testimony
  • Interpreting Words
  • Publication and Reaction
  • The War on Newton in England
  • The War on Newton in France
  • The Demise of Chronology
  • Evidence and History
  • Appendix A: Signs, Conventions, Dating, and Definitions
  • Appendix B: Newton's Computational Methods
  • Appendix C: Commented Extracts from Newton's MS Calculations
  • Appendix D: Placing Colures on the Original Star Globe
  • Appendix E: Hesiod, Thales, and Stellar Risings and Settings.