Newton and Newtonianism : new studies / edited by James E. Force and Sarah Hutton.

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[2004], ©2004
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004], ©2004.

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xvii, 246 pages ; 25 cm.

Notes

Proceedings of a conference held in Nov. 2000 at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

new Newtonian scholarship and the fate of the scientific revolution / Margaret J. Osler -- Plans for publishing Newton's religious and alchemical manuscripts, 1982-1998 / Richard H. Popkin -- Digitizing Isaac : the Newton project and an electronic edition of Newton's papers / Rob Iliffe -- Was Newton a voluntarist? / Peter Harrison -- Providence and Newton's Pantokrator : natural law, miracles, and Newtonian science / James E. Force -- Eighteenth-century reactions to Newton's anti-trinitarianism / Scott Mandelbrote -- Prosecuting Athanasius : Protestant forensics and the mirrors of persecution / Rob Iliffe -- Lust, pride, and ambition : Isaac Newton and the devil / Stephen D. Snobelen -- Women, science, and Newtonianism : Emilie du Châtelet versus Francesco Algarotti / Sarah Hutton -- Reflections on Newton's alchemy in light of the new historiography of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe -- The trouble with Newton in the eighteenth century / Larry Stewart.

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  • 1402019696