Life after Gravity

Autor*innen

• Patricia Fara

Parameter

• Geschichte
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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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

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Einband: Hardcover