Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science
Rebekah Higgitt
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Description
Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-1870, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the "scientist." At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt shows how debates about Newton's character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science.
Product Details
Price
$63.25
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publish Date
December 01, 2020
Pages
296
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.67 inches | 0.97 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780822966371
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Rebekah Higgitt is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.
Reviews
'"Meticulously researched . . . explores an aspect of nineteenth-century Newtonianism that will reward scholars of Victorian science, historiography, biography, and literature."-- "Victorian Studies"
Higgitt has produced a well-researched and carefully crafted book which will be of interest to historians of science, literature, religion and Victorian culture. It is indeed an excellent example of the truly interdisciplinary nature of much current research in the history of science.-- "British Journal for the History of Science"
Higgitt's well-researched study signals the rich resource that scientific biography offers to the historian of science.-- "British Society for Literature and Science Online Book Reviews"
Reading this fine and fascinating book is a salutary experience.-- "Isis"
Higgitt has produced a well-researched and carefully crafted book which will be of interest to historians of science, literature, religion and Victorian culture. It is indeed an excellent example of the truly interdisciplinary nature of much current research in the history of science.-- "British Journal for the History of Science"
Higgitt's well-researched study signals the rich resource that scientific biography offers to the historian of science.-- "British Society for Literature and Science Online Book Reviews"
Reading this fine and fascinating book is a salutary experience.-- "Isis"