Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1010 g
Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1010 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-75250-4
Verlag: Routledge
A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton, demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop in the centuries after his death. It includes private letters, poetry and memoranda, and explores the debate over Newton's reputation, work and personal life.
Zielgruppe
Academic and Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Conventions for Manuscript Transcription, Trinity College and Fitzwilliam notebooks: Short-Writing (1662); Expenses (1661-8), John Flamsteed, MS material on Newton, John Flamsteed, Suppressed preface of the Historia Coelestis (1717), John Conduitt, Material, [Bernard de Fontenelle], ‘Éloge’ (trans., 1728), Abraham de Moivre, Memorandum (1727), John Conduitt, Material II, Henry Pemberton, A View of Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy (1728), William Whiston, View of Newton from his Collection of Authentick Records (1728), John Conduitt, Material III, Abbé Conti, Account of 1715 interview with Newton, William Stukeley, ‘Memoirs’, Editorial Notes
