Martin Folkes (1690-1754) - Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur

Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Nascent Newtonian, 1690-1716


• 3: Lucretia Bradshaw: Recovering a Wife and a Life


• 4: Folkes and his Social Networks in 1720s London


• 5: Taking Newton on Tour


• 6: Martin Folkes, Antiquarian


• 7: Martin Folkes and the Royal Society Presidency: biological sciences and vitalism


• 8: Martin Folkes and the Royal Society Presidency: The Electric Imagination


• 9: Charting a Personal and Institutional Life

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Anna Marie Roos is a Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Lincoln

Zusammenfassung

Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries.

Zusatztext

Roos is to be commended for writing the initial monograph on an unjustly neglected figure, providing thoughtful accounts of Folkes's contributions to a multitude of disciplines.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Roos , Anna Marie Roos, Anna Marie (Professor of the History of Scie Roos, Roos Anna Marie
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780198830061
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883006-1
• Seiten: 432
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics, History of mathematics