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"Presents Newton as a wealthy, ambitious Londoner with international connections, challenging the prevailing view of Newton as a solitary, reclusive genius. A unique narrative structure based on a Hogarth's painting 'The Indian Emperor', incorporating iconographic evidence to identify Newton as a participant in aristocratic metropolitan circles. Relates Newton and his science to Britain's imperial networks and the African slave trade, exposing Britain's greatest scientific hero as a participant in global trading based on slavery"--Publisher's description
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Life after Gravity, Patricia Fara
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- Pubblicato
- 2021
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- Titolo
- Life after Gravity
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Patricia Fara
- Editore
- Oxford University Press
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- ISBN10
- 0198841027
- ISBN13
- 9780198841029
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Scienza
- Valutazione
- 3,55 su 5
- Descrizione
- "Presents Newton as a wealthy, ambitious Londoner with international connections, challenging the prevailing view of Newton as a solitary, reclusive genius. A unique narrative structure based on a Hogarth's painting 'The Indian Emperor', incorporating iconographic evidence to identify Newton as a participant in aristocratic metropolitan circles. Relates Newton and his science to Britain's imperial networks and the African slave trade, exposing Britain's greatest scientific hero as a participant in global trading based on slavery"--Publisher's description