Recreating Newton : Newtonian biography and the making of nineteenth-century history of science /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Higgitt, Rebekah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Series:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 2.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Brewster, David, > 1781-1868.
Science > Historiography.
Intellectual life > History.
Intellectual life.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Jean-Baptiste Biot's 'Newton' and its translation (1822-1829)
  • 2. David Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831) : defending the hero
  • 3. Francis Baily's Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed (1835)
  • 4. Newtonian studies and the history of science 1835-1855
  • 5. David Brewster's Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton (1855) : the 'regretful witness'
  • 6. The 'mythical' and the 'historical' Newton.

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