Recreating Newton : Newtonian biography and the making of nineteenth-century history of science / / by Rebekah Higgitt |
Autore | Higgitt Rebekah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.092 |
Collana | Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century |
Soggetto topico | Scientists - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8229-4477-4
0-8229-8179-3 1-315-65306-0 1-317-31494-8 1-281-12503-2 9786611125035 1-85196-547-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations and Tables; Introduction; 1 Jean-Baptiste Biot's 'Newton' and its English 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; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Translations of Quotations from Biot's 'Newton' in Chapter 1; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493170803321 |
Higgitt Rebekah | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Recreating Newton : Newtonian biography and the making of nineteenth-century history of science / / by Rebekah Higgitt |
Autore | Higgitt Rebekah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 530.092 |
Collana | Science and culture in the nineteenth century |
Soggetto topico |
Scientists - History and criticism
Science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Science - Great Britain - History - 17th century - Historiography Biography as a literary form |
ISBN |
0-8229-4477-4
0-8229-8179-3 1-315-65306-0 1-317-31494-8 1-281-12503-2 9786611125035 1-85196-547-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations and Tables; Introduction; 1 Jean-Baptiste Biot's 'Newton' and its English 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; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Translations of Quotations from Biot's 'Newton' in Chapter 1; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910528360703321 |
Higgitt Rebekah | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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