Newton and the origin of civilization

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1. autor: Buchwald, Jed Z.
Korporacja: ebrary, Inc
Kolejni autorzy: Feingold, Mordechai
Format: Elektroniczne E-book
Język:angielski
Wydane: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.
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Spis treści:
  • 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.