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Newton and the origin of civilization

by Buchwald, Jed Z.
Additional authors: Feingold, Mordechai. | ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Princeton University Press, (Princeton :) Physical details: ix, 528 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727. | Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727 -- Philosophy. | Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727 -- Public opinion. | Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727. -- Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. | Scientists -- England -- Biography. | Philosophers -- England -- Biography. | Chronology, Historical -- History -- 17th century. | Civilization, Ancient -- Philosophy. | Public opinion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century. | Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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