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Life After Gravity
Isaac Newton's London Career
Buch von Patricia Fara
Sprache: Englisch

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The story of Isaac Newton's decades in London - as ambitious cosmopolitan gentleman, President of London's Royal Society, Master of the Mint, and investor in the slave trade.
The story of Isaac Newton's decades in London - as ambitious cosmopolitan gentleman, President of London's Royal Society, Master of the Mint, and investor in the slave trade.
Über den Autor
Patricia Fara lectures in the history of science at Cambridge University, where she is a Fellow of Clare College. Her prize-winning book, Science: A Four Thousand Year History (OUP, 2009), has been translated into nine languages. In addition to many academic publications, her popular works include Newton: The Making of Genius (Columbia University Press, 2002), An Entertainment for Angels (Icon Books, 2002), Sex, Botany and Empire (Columbia University Press, 2003), Pandora's Breeches: Women, Science and Power in the Enlightenment (Pimlico, 2004), and most recently A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War (OUP, 2018). An experienced public lecturer, Patricia Fara appears regularly in TV documentaries and radio programmes such as In Our Time. She also contributes articles and reviews to many journals, including History Today, BBC History, New Scientist, Nature and the TLS.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of illustrations

  • Introduction

  • Prologue

  • Act I: The Theatre: Isaac Newton moves to the Metropolis

  • 1: Living in Style

  • 2: The Tower of London

  • 3: Family Trees

  • 4: The Rise and Rise of John Conduitt

  • Act II: The Audience: Isaac Newton In London society

  • 5: Fortune Hunters

  • 6: The Royal Society

  • 7: Hanover-upon-Thames

  • Act III: The Play: Isaac Newton and English Imperialism

  • 8: Making Money

  • 9: Knowledge and Power

  • 10: Going Global

  • Epilogue

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780198841029
ISBN-10: 0198841027
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Fara, Patricia
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 223 x 141 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Patricia Fara
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,429 kg
Artikel-ID: 118921140
Über den Autor
Patricia Fara lectures in the history of science at Cambridge University, where she is a Fellow of Clare College. Her prize-winning book, Science: A Four Thousand Year History (OUP, 2009), has been translated into nine languages. In addition to many academic publications, her popular works include Newton: The Making of Genius (Columbia University Press, 2002), An Entertainment for Angels (Icon Books, 2002), Sex, Botany and Empire (Columbia University Press, 2003), Pandora's Breeches: Women, Science and Power in the Enlightenment (Pimlico, 2004), and most recently A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War (OUP, 2018). An experienced public lecturer, Patricia Fara appears regularly in TV documentaries and radio programmes such as In Our Time. She also contributes articles and reviews to many journals, including History Today, BBC History, New Scientist, Nature and the TLS.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of illustrations

  • Introduction

  • Prologue

  • Act I: The Theatre: Isaac Newton moves to the Metropolis

  • 1: Living in Style

  • 2: The Tower of London

  • 3: Family Trees

  • 4: The Rise and Rise of John Conduitt

  • Act II: The Audience: Isaac Newton In London society

  • 5: Fortune Hunters

  • 6: The Royal Society

  • 7: Hanover-upon-Thames

  • Act III: The Play: Isaac Newton and English Imperialism

  • 8: Making Money

  • 9: Knowledge and Power

  • 10: Going Global

  • Epilogue

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780198841029
ISBN-10: 0198841027
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Fara, Patricia
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 223 x 141 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Patricia Fara
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,429 kg
Artikel-ID: 118921140
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