| Description |
ix, 528 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Philosophy.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Public opinion.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended.
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Scientists -- England -- Biography.
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Philosophers -- England -- Biography.
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Chronology, Historical -- History -- 17th century.
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Civilization, Ancient -- Philosophy.
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Public opinion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Feingold, Mordechai.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780691154787 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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9781400845187 (electronic bk.) |
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