The Newton wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment /

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A study of public culture, this book digs beneath the surface of the commonplace narratives that link Newton with the Enlightenment to examine the actual historical changes that brought them togather in 18th century time and space. Shank re-examines Newton's status as the father of modern physi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Shank, John Bennett
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008.
Sujets:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Influence.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
1700-1799
Science > France > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > France.
Science > Philosophy > History > 18th century.
Science > history
Sciences > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
SCIENCE > History.
Enlightenment.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Science.
Science > Philosophy.
France.
Electronic books.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Newton without newtonianism : French mathematical science in the early eighteenth century
  • Sources of Enlightenment Newtonianism : toward a new climate of science in France after 1715
  • Preparing the battlefield : fighting for and against Newton after 1715
  • The invention of French Newtonianism : Maupertuis and Voltaire
  • Making the "philosophe" : Voltaire's Newtonianism and the scandal of the lettres philosophiques
  • A French culture war : the battle over Newtonianism
  • Leibnizianism and the solidification of the French Enlightenment.

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