Recreating Newton : Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science

Name: Recreating Newton
Brand: University of Pittsburgh Press
SKU: 9780822966371
Price: 8800 KES
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ISBN: 9780822966371

by Rebekah Higgitt

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-10 0822966379

ISBN-13 9780822966371

Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press

Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 1st, 2020

Print length 296 Pages

Product Classification: Philosophy of science

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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.

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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