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Newton and Newtonianism : new studies

Author: James E Force; Sarah Hutton
Publisher: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
Series: International archives of the history of ideas, 188
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Contains eleven essays by eminent scholars which focus on Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, and the history of Newton scholarship. This book includes  Read more...

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Named Person: Isaac Newton; Isaac Newton; Isaac Newton, Sir; Isaac Newton, Sir; Isaac Newton, Sir; Isaac Newton, Sir
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James E Force; Sarah Hutton
ISBN: 1402019696 9781402019692
OCLC Number: 488945335
Notes: Proceedings of a conference held in November 2000 at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Description: xvii, 246 s.
Contents: The new Newtonian scholarship and the fate of the scientific revolution / Margaret J. Osler --
Plans for publishing Newton's religious and alchemical manuscripts, 1982-1998 / Richard H. Popkin --
Digitizing Isaac : the Newton project and an electronic edition of Newton's papers / Rob Iliffe --
Was Newton a voluntarist? / Peter Harrison --
Providence and Newton's Pantokrator : natural law, miracles, and Newtonian science / James E. Force --
Eighteenth-century reactions to Newton's anti-trinitarianism / Scott Mandelbrote --
Prosecuting Athanasius : Protestant forensics and the mirrors of persecution / Rob Iliffe --
Lust, pride, and ambition : Isaac Newton and the devil / Stephen D. Snobelen --
Women, science, and Newtonianism : Emilie du Châtelet versus Francesco Algarotti / Sarah Hutton --
Reflectons on Newton's alchemy in light of the new historiography of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe --
The trouble with Newton in the eighteenth century / Larry Stewart.
Series Title: International archives of the history of ideas, 188
Responsibility: edited by James E. Force and Sarah Hutton.

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