Newton and the origin of civilization
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- 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.