Before Voltaire the French origins of "Newtonian" mechanics, 1680-1715
We have grown accustomed to the idea that scientific theories are embedded in their place and time. But in the case of the development of mathematical physics in eighteenth-century France, the relationship was extremely close. In Before Voltaire, J.B. Shank shows that although the publication of Isa...
| Main Author: | Shank, John Bennett |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chicago
The University of Chicago Press,
2018.
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
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