Description |
xv, 571 p. : ill. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-548) and index. |
Contents |
Newton without newtonianism : French mathematical science in the early eighteenth century -- Sources of Enlightenment Newtonianism : toward a new climate of science in France after 1715 -- Preparing the battlefield : fighting for and against Newton after 1715 -- The invention of French Newtonianism : Maupertuis and Voltaire -- Making the "philosophe" : Voltaire's Newtonianism and the scandal of the lettres philosophiques -- A French culture war : the battle over Newtonianism -- Leibnizianism and the solidification of the French Enlightenment. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Influence.
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Science -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Enlightenment -- France.
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Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780226749457 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226749452 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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