Rebekah Higgitt

Recreating Newton (eBook, ePUB)

Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-1870, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the "scientist." At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt shows how debates about Newton's character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LSU Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822981794
• Artikelnr.: 45688950

Autorenporträt

Rebekah Higgitt is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.