The Newton papers : the strange and true odyssey of Isaac Newton's manuscripts / Sarah Dry.
The Newton papers : the strange and true odyssey of Isaac Newton's manuscripts / Sarah Dry.
The Newton papers : the strange and true odyssey of Isaac Newton's manuscripts / Sarah Dry.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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G 2014/5813
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English
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Physical content
xi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Keynes at the sale -- The death of Newton -- The inheritors -- Petrifying Newton -- The madness of Newton -- The meanness of Newton -- Getting to know the knowers -- Wrangling with Newton -- Newton divided -- English books, American buyers -- The dealers -- The Sotheby sale -- The revealed Newton --...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2014]
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"When Isaac Newton died at 85 without a will on March 20, 1727, he left a mass of disorganized papers--upwards of 8 million words--that presented an immediate challenge to his heirs. Most of these writings, on subjects ranging from secret alchemical formulas to impassioned rejections of the Holy Trinity to notes and calculations on his core discove...
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The Newton papers : the strange and true odyssey of Isaac Newton's manuscripts / Sarah Dry.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.
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©2014.
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G 2014/5813
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74VKJAp8XrNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJAp8XrNb
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ISBN
0199951047 (hardback)
9780199951048 (hardback)
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530.092
MMS ID
991022256499702626
