Newton and the Netherlands : How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic /

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In the course of the eighteenth century, Newton's ideas (in different guises and interpretations) became a veritable hype in Dutch society. In Newton & the Netherlands Newton's sudden success is analyzed in great depth and put into a new perspective.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Maas, Ad, 1970- (Editor ), Jorink, Eric (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Leiden University Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Naturhistoria.
Physics > Philosophy.
Philosophy, Dutch.
Natural theology.
Natural history > Philosophy.
Natural history.
Theologie naturelle.
Sciences naturelles > Philosophie.
Physique > Philosophie.
Sciences naturelles > Pays-Bas.
Natural history > Netherlands.
Nederländerna.
Netherlands.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Miracle of Our Time' How Isaac Newton was fashioned in the Netherlands / Huib Zuidervaart
  • Servant of Two Masters Fatio de Duillier between Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton / Rob Iliffe
  • How Newtonian Was Herman Boerhaave? / Rina Knoeff
  • The Man Who Erased Himself / Willem Jacob
  • Ad Maas ̀The Wisest Man to Whom this Earth Has as Yet Given Birth' Petrus van Musschenbroek and the limits of Newtonian natural philosophy / Kees de Pater
  • Low Country Opticks The optical pursuits of Lambert ten Kate and Daniel Fahrenheit in early Dutch Ǹewtonianism' / Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
  • Defining the Supernatural The Dutch Newtonians, the Bible and the Laws of Nature / Rienk Vermij
  • Anti-Newtonianism and Radical Enlightenment / Jordy Geerlings
  • Newtonianism at the Dutch Universities during the Enlightenment The teaching of ̀philosophy' from Gravesande to Van Swinden / Henri Krop.

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