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Newton and the origin of civilization /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buchwald, Jed Z.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Feingold, Mordechai
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.