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Recreating Newton : Newtonian biography and the making of nineteenth-century history of science

The author examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the 19th century. She focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the 'scientist'

Print Book, English, ©2007
Pickering & Chatto, London, ©2007