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Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science (Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century)
Recreating Newton Newtonian Biography and the Making of NineteenthCentury History of Science - Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Rebekah Higgitt
Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-70, 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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781851969067
ISBN-10: 1851969063
Publication Date: 9/15/2007
Pages: 286
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Publisher: Pickering & Chatto Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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