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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Isaac Newton; David Brewster; Isaac Newton |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rebekah Higgitt |
| ISBN: | 9781851969067 1851969063 |
| OCLC Number: | 137313664 |
| Description: | ix, 286 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction 1 Jean-Baptiste Biot's 'Newton' and its Translation (1822-29) 2 Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831): Defending the Hero 3 Francis Baily's Account of the Reverend John Flamsteed (1835) 4 Newtonian Studies and the History of Science 1835-1855 5 Brewster's Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton (1855): The 'Regretful Witness' 6 The 'Mythical' and the 'Historical' Newton Conclusion |
| Series Title: | Science and culture in the nineteenth century, no. 2. |
| Responsibility: | Rebekah Higgitt. |
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'meticulously researched ... explores an aspect of nineteenth-century Newtonianism that will reward scholars of Victorian science, historiography, biography, and literature.' Victorian Studies 'Reading this fine and fascinating book is a salutary experience.' ISIS 'Higgitt has produced a well-researched and carefully crafted book which will be of interest to historians of science, literature, religion and Victorian culture. It is indeed an excellent example of the truly interdisciplinary nature of much current research in the history of science.' British Journal for the History of Science 'throws interesting light on the growing knowledge of Newton's involvement in alchemy among his biographers.' Ambix 'Higgitt's well-researched study signals the rich resource that scientific biography offers to the historian of science' British Society for Literature and Science Online Book Reviews Read more...

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- Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727.
- Brewster, David, -- 1781-1868.
- Scientists -- Biography -- History and criticism.
- Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Historiography.
- Biography as a literary form.
- Newton, Isaac.
- Biographie.
