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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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- Rok wydania
- 2021
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- Tytuł
- Life after Gravity
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Patricia Fara
- Wydawca
- Oxford University Press
- Rok wydania
- 2021
- Oprawa
- twarda
- ISBN10
- 0198841027
- ISBN13
- 9780198841029
- Seria
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Nauka
- Ocena
- 3,55 z 5
- Opis
- "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