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This insightful work examines what happened to Newton's science as it was interpreted by his major followers. The authors also look at the scientific culture that Newton helped to create and the impact that his ideas had on the rapidly developing technology that led to the Industrial Revolution.
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""This work is clearly the result of a thorough familiarity with much of the Newtonian historiography of the past twenty years. As such it will undoubtedly be of much use to the uninitiated."
About the Author:
Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.As a prominent philosopher of science, he is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation-evolution controversy and the demarcation problem within science. He has published over 25 books: most recently, Reflections on the Origin of Species, with David Reznick (Princeton UP, 2008); Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (Cambridge UP, 2010); and Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2015).
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- PublisherHumanity Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1573925470
- ISBN 13 9781573925471
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages139
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