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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
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2021
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- Título
- Life after Gravity
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Patricia Fara
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Publicado en
- 2021
- Formato
- Tapa dura
- ISBN10
- 0198841027
- ISBN13
- 9780198841029
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Tema histórico, Historia, Ciencia
- Calificación
- 3,55 de 5
- Descripción
- "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