Newton and the origin of civilizationJed Z. Buchwald and Mordechai Feingold.
Buchwald, Jed Z.
Newton and the origin of civilizationJed Z. Buchwald and Mordechai Feingold. - Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (ix, 528 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781400845187
Scientists--England--Biography.
Philosophers--England--Biography.
Civilization, Ancient--Philosophy.
Electronic Books.
QC16 / .N498 2013
Newton and the origin of civilizationJed Z. Buchwald and Mordechai Feingold. - Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (ix, 528 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781400845187
Scientists--England--Biography.
Philosophers--England--Biography.
Civilization, Ancient--Philosophy.
Electronic Books.
QC16 / .N498 2013