Newton and Newtonianism : new studies / edited by James E. Force and Sarah Hutton.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2004.
Description
xvii, 246 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    • Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 188. [More in this series]
    • Archives internationale d'histoire des idées = International archives of the history of ideas ; 188
    Summary note
    "This volume 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. It includes unique accounts of the attempts over the last quarter of the twentieth century, to publish Sir Isaac Newton's theological manuscripts. The volume also features the emerging interpretations of Newton's seminal theological thought, and its relationship to his scientific work, as well as other important essays which illuminate Newton's influence upon so many of the complex and seemingly paradoxical patterns of the Enlightenment."--Jacket.
    Notes
    Proceedings of a conference held in Nov. 2000 at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 1402019696 ((alk. paper))
    • 1402022387 ((e-book))
    • 9781402022388 ((e-book))
    • 9781402019692 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2004044084
    OCLC
    54487511
    Other standard number
    • 99809689489
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