Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies

This volume contains eleven essays by eminent scholars which focus on Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, and the history of Newton scholarship. It includes unique accounts of the attempts over the last quarter of the twentieth century, to publish Sir Isaac Newton's theological manuscripts, including an essay by the eminent historian of philosophy, Richard H. Popkin, regarding his involvement in this enterprise, as well as essays by Rob Iliffe and Scott Mandelbrote, the founding Editorial Directors of the Newton Manuscript Project, recently set up to publish Newton's unpublished manuscripts for the first time. The volume also features the emerging interpretations of Newton's seminal theological thought, and its relationship to his scientific work, as well as other important essays which illuminate Newton's influence upon so many of the complex and seemingly paradoxical patterns of the Enlightenment.

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Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies

This volume contains eleven essays by eminent scholars which focus on Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, and the history of Newton scholarship. It includes unique accounts of the attempts over the last quarter of the twentieth century, to publish Sir Isaac Newton's theological manuscripts, including an essay by the eminent historian of philosophy, Richard H. Popkin, regarding his involvement in this enterprise, as well as essays by Rob Iliffe and Scott Mandelbrote, the founding Editorial Directors of the Newton Manuscript Project, recently set up to publish Newton's unpublished manuscripts for the first time. The volume also features the emerging interpretations of Newton's seminal theological thought, and its relationship to his scientific work, as well as other important essays which illuminate Newton's influence upon so many of the complex and seemingly paradoxical patterns of the Enlightenment.

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Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies

Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies

Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies

Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies

Overview

This volume contains eleven essays by eminent scholars which focus on Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, and the history of Newton scholarship. It includes unique accounts of the attempts over the last quarter of the twentieth century, to publish Sir Isaac Newton's theological manuscripts, including an essay by the eminent historian of philosophy, Richard H. Popkin, regarding his involvement in this enterprise, as well as essays by Rob Iliffe and Scott Mandelbrote, the founding Editorial Directors of the Newton Manuscript Project, recently set up to publish Newton's unpublished manuscripts for the first time. The volume also features the emerging interpretations of Newton's seminal theological thought, and its relationship to his scientific work, as well as other important essays which illuminate Newton's influence upon so many of the complex and seemingly paradoxical patterns of the Enlightenment.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789048165568
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 12/09/2010
Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des id�es , #188
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Pages: 246
Product dimensions: 8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

The New Newtonian Scholarship and the Fate of the Scientific Revolution.- Plans for Publishing Newton’s Religious and Alchemical Manuscripts, 1982–1998.- Digitizing Isaac: The Newton Project and an Electronic Edition of Newton’s Papers.- Was Newton a Voluntarist?.- Providence and Newton’s Pantokrator: Natural Law, Miracles, and Newtonian Science.- Eighteenth-Century Reactions to Newton’s Anti-Trinitarianism.- Prosecuting Athanasius: Protestant Forensics and the Mirrors of Persecution.- Lust, Pride, and Ambition: Isaac Newton and the Devil.- Women, Science, and Newtonianism: Emilie du Châtelet versus Francesco Algarotti.- Reflections on Newton’s Alchemy in Light of the New Historiography of Alchemy.- The Trouble with Newton in the Eighteenth Century.
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