Newton and the origin of civilization (Record no. 52181)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02528nam a2200445 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.092 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Buchwald, Jed Z. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Newton and the origin of civilization |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Princeton : |
| Name of publisher | Princeton University Press, |
| Year of publication | c2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix, 528 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Troubled Senses -- Troubled Numbers -- Erudition and Chronology in Seventeenth-Century England -- Isaac Newton on Prophecies and Idolatry -- Aberrant Numbers : The Propagation of Mankind before and after the Deluge -- Newtonian History -- Text and Testimony -- Interpreting Words -- Publication and Reaction -- The War on Newton in England -- The War on Newton in France -- The Demise of Chronology -- Evidence and History -- Appendix A: Signs, Conventions, Dating, and Definitions -- Appendix B: Newton's Computational Methods -- Appendix C: Commented Extracts from Newton's MS Calculations -- Appendix D: Placing Colures on the Original Star Globe -- Appendix E: Hesiod, Thales, and Stellar Risings and Settings. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Scientists |
| Topical Term | Philosophers |
| Topical Term | Chronology, Historical |
| Topical Term | Civilization, Ancient |
| Topical Term | Public opinion |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Feingold, Mordechai. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10631227 |
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