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Reading Newton in early modern Europe / edited by Elizabethanne Boran, Mordechai Feingold.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 19.
- History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Principia.
- Newton, Isaac.
- Principia (Newton, Isaac).
- Mechanics--Early works to 1800.
- Mechanics.
- Celestial mechanics--Early works to 1800.
- Celestial mechanics.
- Physics--Europe--History--17th century.
- Physics.
- Physics--Europe--History--18th century.
- History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 358 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Summary:
- Reading Newton in Early Modern Europe investigates how Sir Isaac Newton's Principial was read, interpreted and remodelled for a variety of readerships in eighteenth-century Europe. The editors, Mordechai Feingold and Elizabethanne Boran, have brought together papers which explore how, when, where and why the Principial was appropriated by readers in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, England and Ireland. Particular focus is laid on the methods of transmission of Newtonian ideas via university textbooks and popular works written for educated laymen and women. At the same time, challenges to the Newtonian consensus are explored by writers such as Marius Stan and Catherine Abou-Nemeh who examine Cartesian and Leibnizian responses to the Principial. Eighteenth-century attempts to remodel Newton as a heretic are explored by Feingold, while William R. Newman draws attention to vital new sources highlighting the importance of alchemy to Newton.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction / Elizabethanne Boran Boran, Elizabethanne 1
- Part 1 Introducing Newton
- 3 The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in Naples / Claudia Addabbo Addabbo, Claudia 23
- 3 Newton and the Spanish Artillerymen / Juan Navarro Loidi Loidi, Juan Navarro 64
- 4 The Practical Tradition of Dutch Newtonianism / Gerhard Wiesenfeldt Wiesenfeldt, Gerhard 89
- 5 Science for Ladies? Elizabeth Carter's Translation of Algarotti and "popular" Newtonianism in the Eighteenth Century / Sarah Hutton Hutton, Sarah 102
- 6 Irish Newtonian Physicians and Their Arguments: The Case of Bryan Robinson / Anna Marie Roos Roos, Anna Marie 116
- Part 2 Challenging Newton
- 7 Controversies over Comets: Isaac Newton, Nicolas Hartsoeker, and Early Modern World-making / Catherine Abou-Nemeh Abou-Nemeh, Catherine 147
- 8 's Gravesande's and Van Musschenbroek's Appropriation of Newton's Methodological Ideas / Steffen Ducheyne Ducheyne, Steffen 192
- 9 Newton's Concepts of Force among the Leibnizians / Marius Stan Stan, Marius 244
- 10 How Did Berkeley Read Newton? / Luc Peterschmitt Peterschmitt, Luc 290
- Part 3 Remodelling Newton
- 11 Newton's Reputation as an Alchemist and the Tradition of Chymiatria / William R. Newman Newman, William R. 313
- 12 Isaac Newton, Heretic? Some Eighteenth-Century Perceptions / Mordechai Feingold Feingold, Mordechai 328.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Reading Newton in early modern Europe
- ISBN:
- 9789004336643
- 9004336648
- OCLC:
- 962553048
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