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Before Newton: The Life and Times of Isaac Barrow by Mordechai Feingold
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Item specifics
- Condition
- EAN
- 9780521063852
- UPC
- 9780521063852
- ISBN
- 9780521063852
- MPN
- N/A
- Book Title
- Before Newton: The Life and Times of Isaac Barrow
- Subject Area
- Music, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Before Newton : the Life and Times of Isaac Barrow
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- History & Criticism, History & Theory, Religious / Muslim
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 396 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
052106385X
ISBN-13
9780521063852
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038276157
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
396 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Before Newton : the Life and Times of Isaac Barrow
Publication Year
2008
Subject
History & Criticism, History & Theory, Religious / Muslim
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
"...an interesting case study of the seventeenth-century culture which produced modern science. An excellent book for any scholar interested in a more detailed understanding of the early development of science in general and Isaac Barrow's contributions in particular." Perceptual and Motor Skills, "Barrow emerges as an interesting person living in interesting times, and Feingold's book captures this in a scholarly manner." Tom McMullen, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, "...a model worthy of emulation. By focusing the attention of scholars on a single object--a theme...or a particularly representative figure...such a volume refreshes and revives the scholarly debate. Feingold and the Cambridge Universiy Press deserve our plaudits." Robert H. Kargon, Albion, "A scholarly, carefully researched book for all students of 17th-century intellectual history and history of science." Choice
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
510/.92 B
Table Of Content
List of contributors; Editor's preface; 1. Isaac Barrow: divine, scholar, mathematician Mordechai Feingold; 2. The Optical Lectures and the foundations of the theory of optical imagery Alan E. Shapiro; 3. Barrow's mathematics: between ancients and moderns Michael S. Mahoney; 4. Isaac Barrow's academic milieu: Interregnum and Restoration Cambridge John Gascoigne; 5. Barrow as a scholar Anthony Grafton; 6. The preacher Irène Simon; 7. Isaac Barrow's library Mordechai Feingold; Index.
Synopsis
A comprehensive reevaluation of Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), one of the more prominent and intriguing of all seventeenth-century men of science. Barrow is remembered today--if at all--only as Sir Isaac Newton's mentor and patron, but he in fact made important contributions to the disciplines of optics and geometry. Moreover, he was a prolific and influential preacher as well as a renowned classical scholar. By seeking to understand Barrow's mathematical work, primarily within the confines of the pre-Newtonian scientific framework, the book offers a substantial rethinking of his scientific acumen. In addition to providing a biographical study of Barrow, it explores the intimate connections among his scientific, philological, and religious worldviews in an attempt to convey the complexity of the seventeenth-century culture that gave rise to Isaac Barrow, a breed of polymath that would become increasingly rare with the advent of modern science., A comprehensive re-evaluation of Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), one of the more prominent and intriguing of all seventeenth-century men of science. Barrow is remembered today - if at all - only as Sir Isaac Newton's mentor and patron, but he in fact made important contributions to the disciplines of optics and geometry., A comprehensive re-evaluation of Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), one of the more prominent and intriguing of all seventeenth-century men of science. Barrow is remembered today - if at all - only as Sir Isaac Newton's mentor and patron, but he in fact made important contributions to the disciplines of optics and geometry. Moreover, he was a prolific and influential preacher as well as a renowned classical scholar. By seeking to understand Barrow's mathematical work, primarily within the confines of the pre-Newtonian scientific framework, the book offers a substantial rethinking of his scientific acumen. In addition to providing a biographical study of Barrow, it explores the intimate connections among his scientific, philological and religious worldviews in an attempt to convey the complexity of the seventeenth-century culture that gave rise to Isaac Barrow, a breed of polymath that would become increasingly rare with the advent of modern science.
LC Classification Number
QA29.B37 B44 1990
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