Buchwald, Jed Z. <br/><br/>
Newton and the origin of civilization  [electronic resource] / 
Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold. 
 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  c2013. 
 - ix, 528 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. <br/>Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 --Philosophy.<br/>Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 --Public opinion.<br/>Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.  Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scientists--England--Biography.<br/>Philosophers--England--Biography.<br/>Chronology, Historical--History--17th century.<br/>Civilization, Ancient--Philosophy.<br/>Public opinion--History--Europe--17th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Intellectual life--17th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC16.N7  / B93 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.092