Newton and the origin of civilization /
Buchwald, Jed Z.
Feingold, Mordechai.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2012.
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.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Scientists
Philosophers
Chronology, Historical
Civilization, Ancient
Public opinion