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The Reception of Isaac Newton in Europe

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Description for The Reception of Isaac Newton in Europe Multiple-component retail product. The writings and example of Isaac Newton transformed understandings of the practice and meaning of the sciences across Europe in the century or so following the publication of the "Principia" in 1687. This title surveys Newton's reception across Europe. Editor(s): Pulte, Helmut; Mandelbrote, Scott. Series: The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe. Num Pages: 1194 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
The writings and example of Isaac Newton transformed understandings of the practice and meaning of the sciences across Europe in the centuries following the publication of the Principia in 1687. The essays in these volumes consider the impact of Newton's ideas from three distinct but interlocking perspectives: their reception in particular geographical areas and language communities; their importance for particular fields of intellectual and practical endeavour, and their influence on other thinkers who, in turn, shaped Newton's intellectual legacy. They provide, for the first time, a picture of the fate of Newton's work across mainland Europe, giving an account of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
1194
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Series
The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1194
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780826479709
SKU
V9780826479709
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About Mandelbrote Scott
Scott Mandelbrote is Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK. Helmut Pulte is Chair for Philosophy and History of Science at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.

Reviews for The Reception of Isaac Newton in Europe
Each of the three volumes in this comprehensive entry in Bloomsbury’s “Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe” series approaches the reception of Newton’s work from a particular angle. The ten essays in the first volume cover various geographical and language communities in Europe (French-speaking lands, Low Countries, Iberian Peninsula, and so on). The second volume (16 essays) focuses ... Read more

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