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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Buchwald, Jed Z. (Author)
Other Authors: Feingold, Mordechai
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Philosophy.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Public opinion.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727. > Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended (Newton, Isaac)
1600-1699
Scientists > England > Biography.
Philosophers > England > Biography.
Chronology, Historical > History > 17th century.
Civilization, Ancient > Philosophy.
Public opinion > Europe > History > 17th century.
Philosophes > Angleterre > Biographies.
Chronologie historique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Civilisation ancienne > Philosophie.
Opinion publique > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
Chronology, Historical
Civilization, Ancient > Philosophy
Intellectual life
Philosophers
Philosophy
Public opinion
Scientists
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
England
Europe
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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