RECREATING NEWTON NEWTONIAN BIOGRAPHY AND THE MAKING OF NINETEENTH CENTURY HISTORY OF SCIENCE REBEKAH HIGGITT

Rebekah HiggittIn Recreating Newton,Rebekah Higgittfocuses precisely on the making of Newton’s repu- tation in the early and mid-nineteenth century,turning it into an object of historical analysis,and an extremely significant one.
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Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the
Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century) Author: Rebekah HiggittAuthor: Rebekah HiggittPublish Year: 2007Format: Hardcover
Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the
The biography repeatedly reinforces the idea of a connection between Brewster and Newton, for example with an image of the ‘biographer and loving disciple’ standing before the moonlit statue of Newton at Cambridge.². Maria even asserted that there ‘was much similarity between the genius, the characteristic individuality, and the career of..
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Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century) Rebekah Author: Rebekah HiggittAuthor: Rebekah HiggittPublish Year: 2007Format: Kindle
Recreating Newton : Newtonian biography and the
Jun 03, 2022ix, 286 pages : 24 cm The author examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the 19th century. She focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the 'scientist'
Recreating Newton : Newtonian Biography and the
Examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. This book focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized Author: Rebekah HiggittISBN: 1317314948, 9781317314943Edition: reprintPublisher: Routledge, 2015
Recreating Newton : Newtonian Biography and the
Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820–1870, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the "scientist." At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific
Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the
Jan 15, 2007Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820–1870, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the "scientist." At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both..