The Newton wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment / J.B. Shank.
| Author/creator | Shank, John Bennett |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, |
| Description | xv, 571 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-548) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008006414 |
| ISBN | 9780226749457 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226749452 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |