Newton and the Netherlands : How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic

doi:10.5117/9789087281373

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Contributor(s)

Jorink, E. (editor)

Maas, A. (editor)

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OAPEN-NL

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English

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Abstract

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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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32387

Keywords

wetenschap algemeen; popular science; Amsterdam; Christiaan Huygens; Herman Boerhaave; Isaac Newton; Leiden; Natural philosophy; Netherlands; Newtonianism; Pieter van Musschenbroek; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science