Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism by Dobbs, Betty Jo Teeter

Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781573925457)

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Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism by Dobbs, Betty Jo Teeter

Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism

$30.00
Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism by Dobbs, Betty Jo Teeter

Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism

$30.00
Format: Paperback
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This insightful work examines what happened to Newton's science as it was interpreted by his major followers. The authors also look at the scientific culture that Newton helped to create and the impact that his ideas had on the rapidly developing technology that led to the Industrial Revolution.

Author: Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, Margaret C. Jacob
ISBN-10: 1573925454
ISBN-13: 9781573925457
Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.44w x 0.33d
By Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
By Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
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Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs (October 19, 1930 - March 29, 1994) was a historian specializing in Isaac Newton's occult studies. Her works include The Foundations of Newtons Alchemy, or the Hunting of the Green Lyon, Alchemical Death and Resurrection, and The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought. She was a professor of history at the University of California, Davis from 1991-1994. In 1997 she was awarded posthumously with the George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society.

Margaret C. Jacob is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is author of many books, including The Enlightenment: A Brief History with Selected Texts, Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West, The Politics of Western Science 1640-1990, Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism (with Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs), Origins of Anglo-American Radicalism, and, most recently, The Origins of Freemasonry: Facts and Fictions.

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