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

Rebekah Higgitt

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

Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Rebekah Higgitt

304 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history science medium-paced

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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 ...

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