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Shank, John Bennett.

The Newton wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment [electronic resource] / J.B. Shank. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xv, 571 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA858760 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 --Influence.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--History--France--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.
Science--Philosophy--History--18th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: Q127.F8 / S53 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 509.44/09033