William Whiston, Isaac Newton and the crisis of publicity

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 573-603

  Snobelen, Stephen David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KING S COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isaac Newton; New theory; Principia; Publicity; Royal Society; William Whiston

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044253512     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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