Exactement cet exemplaire ira dans le panier
En savoir plus sur le livre
"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
Achat du livre
Life after Gravity, Patricia Fara
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2021
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (rigide),
- État du livre
- Bon
- Prix
- 1,99 €
Modes de paiement
Il manque plus que ton avis ici.
- Titre
- Life after Gravity
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Patricia Fara
- Éditeur
- Oxford University Press
- Publié
- 2021
- Format
- rigide
- ISBN10
- 0198841027
- ISBN13
- 9780198841029
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Histoire, Science
- Évaluation
- 3,55 sur 5
- Description
- "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