The Newton wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment:
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Main Author: Shank, John Bennett (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press ©2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-548) and index
Newton without newtonianism : French mathematical science in the early eighteenth century -- Sources of Enlightenment Newtonianism : toward a new climate of science in France after 1715 -- Preparing the battlefield : fighting for and against Newton after 1715 -- The invention of French Newtonianism : Maupertuis and Voltaire -- Making the "philosophe" : Voltaire's Newtonianism and the scandal of the lettres philosophiques -- A French culture war : the battle over Newtonianism -- Leibnizianism and the solidification of the French Enlightenment
A study of public culture, this book digs beneath the surface of the commonplace narratives that link Newton with the Enlightenment to examine the actual historical changes that brought them togather in 18th century time and space. Shank re-examines Newton's status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 571 pages)
ISBN:0226749479
9780226749471

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