02528nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10631227 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120626s2013 njua sb 001 0beng d 2012024733 9780691154787 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9781400845187 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)823170552 e-uk-en e------ QC16.N7 B93 2013eb 530.092 23 Buchwald, Jed Z. Newton and the origin of civilization [electronic resource] / Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013. ix, 528 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 Philosophy. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 Public opinion. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. Scientists England Biography. Philosophers England Biography. Chronology, Historical History 17th century. Civilization, Ancient Philosophy. Public opinion Europe History 17th century. Europe Intellectual life 17th century. Electronic books. local Feingold, Mordechai. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10631227 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 52181 52181