Newton and the Netherlands : How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic
- Leiden Leiden University Press 2012
- 1 electronic resource (256 p.)
Open Access
In the course of the eighteenth century, Newton's ideas (in different guises and interpretations) became a veritable hype in Dutch society. In Newton & the Netherlands Newton's sudden success is analyzed in great depth and put into a new perspective.
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English
9789087281373
10.5117/9789087281373 doi
Science: general issues History of science
wetenschap algemeen popular science Amsterdam Christiaan Huygens Herman Boerhaave Isaac Newton Leiden Natural philosophy Netherlands Newtonianism Pieter van Musschenbroek