Newton and Russia : : The Early Influence, 1698-1796 / / Valentin Boss.

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• VerfasserIn: Boss, Valentin,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Russian Research Center Studies ; 69
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 p.) :; 48 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I. The Petrine Era --; 1. Did Peter the Great Meet Newton? --; 2. Flamsteed, Halley, Newton, and the "Collonel" --; 3. Russia's First Newtonian --; 4. Prince Menshikov's Exchange of Letters with Newton --; "Worlds within Worlds" --; 6. Bruce as Translator and Instrument Maker --; 7. Newton and the Naval Academy --; PART II. NEWTON AND THE ST. PETERSBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES --; 8. The Foundation of the Academy and the Death of Newton --; 9. The Principal Objections to the Cartesian Theory --; 10. Newtonian Physics at the New Academy --; 11. The Opening Controversy Over Gravitation --; 12. Bilfinger and James Jurin --; 13. "Il Propagatore del Newtonianismo" --; 14. The Shape of the Earth --; 15. Newton's Experiments with Light, and the Controversy Over "vis viva" --; 16. Electricity and Action at a Distance --; 17. Newton, Lomonosov, and Christian Wolff --; 18. Lomonosov and the Opticks --; 19. A New Kind of Newtonian Telescope? --; 20. Newton in the Catherinian Era --; Conclusion --; APPENDIX I --; APPENDIX II --; BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674733527; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674733527
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Valentin Boss.