TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buchwald,Jed Z.
AU  - Feingold,Mordechai
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Newton and the origin of civilization
AV  - QC16.N7 B93 2013eb
U1  - 530.092 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Newton, Isaac,
KW  - Scientists
KW  - England
KW  - Biography
KW  - Philosophers
KW  - Chronology, Historical
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Civilization, Ancient
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Europe
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -