Isaac Newton and the Study of Chronology
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-116-5 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
Cornelis J. (Kees-Jan) Schilt is a historian of early modern knowledge making based at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and an editor with the Oxford-based Newton Project. He was educated at Utrecht, Sussex, and Oxford University, and specializes in the life and writings of Isaac Newton.
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Introduction
1 Past, Present, Future
1 Chronology as an Early Modern Discipline
2 The Four Monarchies
3 Isaac Newton … Chronologist?
2 Reading Classics
1 Reading for the 'Origines'
2 Notes and Records
3 An Independent Scholar
3 Chaos and Order
1 The Origins of the 'Origines'
2 'Originals'
3 Ordering Words and Worlds
4 Lost in Space and Time
4 Sacred Chronology
1 Methodising the Apocalypse
2 Rooted in Scripture
3 Critical Readings
Some Concluding Remarks
Appendices
Appendix A: The Evolution of the 'Origines'
Appendix B: From 'Origines' to Proto-Chronology
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.07.2021 |
---|---|
Zusatzinfo | 29 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | Amsterdam |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 94-6372-116-9 / 9463721169 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-6372-116-5 / 9789463721165 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich