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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Jorink, Eric (Author, Editor), Maas, Ad, 1970- (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Leiden University Press, [2012]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Natural history > Netherlands.
Physics > Philosophy.
Natural history > Philosophy.
Natural theology.
Philosophy, Dutch.
Sciences naturelles > Pays-Bas.
Physique > Philosophie.
Sciences naturelles > Philosophie.
Théologie naturelle.
History of science.
Mathematics and science.
Science: general issues.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > History.
Natural history
Natural history > Philosophy
Natural theology
Philosophy, Dutch
Physics > Philosophy
Netherlands
Wetenschap algemeen
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Eric Jorink and Ad Maas
  • 'The Miracle of Our Time': How Isaac Newton was fashioned in the Netherlands / Eric Jorink and Huib Zuidervaart
  • Servant of Two Masters: Fatio de Duillier between Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton / Rob Iliffe
  • How Newtonian Was HermanBoerhaave? / Rina Knoe
  • The Man Who Erased Himself: Willem Jacob 's Gravesande and the Enlightenment / 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 'Newtonianism' / Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
  • Defining the Supernatural: The Dutch Newtonians, the Bible and the Laws of Nature / Rienk Vermij
  • Anti-Newtonianism and RadicalEnlightenment / Jordy Geerlings
  • Newtonianism at the Dutch Universities during the Enlightenment: The teaching of 'philosophy' from 's Gravesande to Van Swinden / Henri Krop.

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