Newton and the Netherlands : How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic
Title:
Newton and the Netherlands : How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic
Author:
Jorink, E.
ISBN:
9789087281373
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Leiden Leiden University Press 2012
Physical Description:
1 electronic resource (256 p.)
Abstract:
In the course of the eighteenth century, Newton's ideas (in different guises and interpretations) became a veritable hype in Dutch society. In Newton & the Netherlands Newton's sudden success is analyzed in great depth and put into a new perspective.