The Newton wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment / J.B. Shank.

By:

Shank, John Bennett

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226749471
0226749479
1281966452
9781281966452
9786611966454
6611966455

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Newton wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment.DDC classification:

509.44/09033 22

LOC classification:

Q127.F8 S53 2008eb

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UB 2360
CF 6817
NU 5535

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Contents:

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.

Summary: A study of public culture, this book digs beneath the surface of the commonplace narratives that link Newton with the Enlightenment to examine the actual historical changes that brought them togather in 18th century time and space. Shank re-examines Newton's status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-548) and index.

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A study of public culture, this book digs beneath the surface of the commonplace narratives that link Newton with the Enlightenment to examine the actual historical changes that brought them togather in 18th century time and space. Shank re-examines Newton's status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement.

English.

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