Newton and the origin of civilization

Newton and the origin of civilization / Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold.

Author/creator	Buchwald, Jed Z.
Other author/creator	Feingold, Mordechai.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
Description	ix, 528 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Philosophy. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Public opinion. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. Scientists--England --Biography. Philosophers--England --Biography. Chronology, Historical--History --17th century. Civilization, Ancient--Philosophy. Public opinion--Europe --History --17th century. Europe--Intellectual life --17th century.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-514) and index.
LCCN	2012024733
ISBN	9780691154787 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0691154783 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Standard identifier#	40021683162

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	QC16 .N7 B93 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold