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Newton and the origin of civilization [[electronic resource] /] / Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold
| Newton and the origin of civilization [[electronic resource] /] / Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold |
| Autore | Buchwald Jed Z |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (545 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.092 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FeingoldMordechai |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientists - England
Philosophers - England Chronology, Historical - History - 17th century Civilization, Ancient - Philosophy Public opinion - Europe - History - 17th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Aegyptiaca of Manetho
Antonio Conti Arthur Bedford Bible Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Church history Etienne Souciet France Genesis Greek idolatry HookeЈevelius controversy Isaac Newton Jean Du Temps Johannes Hevelius John Senex Marmor Parium Original of Monarchies Persika of Ctesias of Cnidus Robert Hooke Royal dispensation Scripture The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Trinity College Trojan War alchemist alchemy ancient civilization ancient empires ancient history ancient prophecies anti-Trinitarianism antiquity astronomical chronology astronomical data astronomical tools astronomy calculation cardinal points chronological studies chronologist chronology civilization evolution globes heresy heretic historical knowledge historical texts holy orders learning mathematics measurement mechanics monarchy natural knowledge natural philosopher nineteenth century optics ordination perception population dynamics population growth population publication radical ideas science scientists seventeenth century theologian theology words |
| ISBN |
1-283-85127-X
1-4008-4518-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Troubled Senses -- Troubled Numbers -- Erudition and Chronology in Seventeenth-Century England -- Isaac Newton on Prophecies and Idolatry -- Aberrant Numbers : The Propagation of Mankind before and after the Deluge -- Newtonian History -- Text and Testimony -- Interpreting Words -- Publication and Reaction -- The War on Newton in England -- The War on Newton in France -- The Demise of Chronology -- Evidence and History -- Appendix A: Signs, Conventions, Dating, and Definitions -- Appendix B: Newton's Computational Methods -- Appendix C: Commented Extracts from Newton's MS Calculations -- Appendix D: Placing Colures on the Original Star Globe -- Appendix E: Hesiod, Thales, and Stellar Risings and Settings. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779339303321 |
Buchwald Jed Z
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To live as long as heaven and earth [[electronic resource] ] : a translation and study of Ge Hong's traditions of divine transcendents / / Robert Ford Campany
| To live as long as heaven and earth [[electronic resource] ] : a translation and study of Ge Hong's traditions of divine transcendents / / Robert Ford Campany |
| Autore | Campany Robert Ford <1959-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (637 p.) |
| Disciplina | 299/.51423 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GeHong <284-364.> |
| Collana | Daoist classics |
| Soggetto topico | Taoists - China |
| Soggetto non controllato |
alchemy
ancient china archival work ascetics buddhism china chinese history chinese texts classicism daoism discipline divinity eastern philosophy gymnastics immortals lost texts medicine medieval china meditation mortality nonfiction paranormal philosophy religion sexual discipline sexual practices spirituality supernatural being supernatural powers supernatural taoism to live as long as heaven and earth traditions of the divine transcendents transcend death transcendents transfiguration |
| ISBN |
1-283-27702-6
9786613277022 0-520-92760-5 1-59734-959-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Opening -- Ge Hong and the Writing of Traditions of Divine Transcendents -- The Nature of the Religion Reflected in Ge Hong's Works -- Traditions as Hagiography -- Text-Critical Matters -- Conventions -- GROUP A: Earliest-Attested Hagiographies -- Group A: Earliest-Attested Fragments -- Group B: Early-Attested Hagiographies -- Group B: Early-Attested Fragments -- Group C: Later-Attested Hagiographies -- On the Source Texts and the Temporal Differentiation of Passages -- Group A: Sources of Earliest-Attested Hagiographies -- Group A: Sources of Earliest-Attested Fragments -- Group B: Sources of Early-Attested Hagiographies -- Group B: Sources of Early-Attested Hagiographies -- Group C: Sources of Later-Attested Hagiographies -- Items Attributed to Shenxian zhuan Excluded from This Translation -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780588503321 |
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Campany Robert Ford <1959->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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