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

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dry, Sarah, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Manuscripts.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Psychology.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Newton, Isaac > 1643-1727
Science > History.
Sciences > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
SCIENCE > History.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Psychology
Science
Manuskript
Schrifttum
Textgeschichte
History
Manuscripts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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