The untold story of Newton's private papers, hidden for centuries, sold for a pittance and then painstakingly reconstructed to reveal a man altogether stranger and more complicated than the genius of legend.
The untold story of Newton's private papers, hidden for centuries, sold for a pittance and then painstakingly reconstructed to reveal a man altogether stranger and more complicated than the genius of legend.
Sarah Dry is the author of Curie: A Life and has also written on epidemics, global health, and the history of meteorology. She is a former research fellow at the London School of Economics and the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
Inhaltsangabe
Prologue: Keynes at the sale 1. The Death of Newton 2. The Inheritors 3. Petrifying Newton 4. The Madness of Newton 5. The Meanness of Newton 6. Getting to Know the Knowers 7. Wrangling with Newton 8. Newton Divided 9. English Books, American Buyers 10. The Dealers 11. The Sotheby Sale 12. The Revealed Newton 13. The Newton Industry 14. The Search for Unity Epilogue: The Ultimate Value
Prologue: Keynes at the sale 1. The Death of Newton 2. The Inheritors 3. Petrifying Newton 4. The Madness of Newton 5. The Meanness of Newton 6. Getting to Know the Knowers 7. Wrangling with Newton 8. Newton Divided 9. English Books, American Buyers 10. The Dealers 11. The Sotheby Sale 12. The Revealed Newton 13. The Newton Industry 14. The Search for Unity Epilogue: The Ultimate Value
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