
Newton Demands the Muse
Newton's Opticks and the 18th Century Poets
Marjorie Hope Nicolson(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 8. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-691-62401-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-62401-3 (9780691624013)
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08/2016
Princeton University Press
€38.49
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Marjorie Hope Nicolson
Content
*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. xi*I. THE POPULAR RECEPTION OF THE OPTICKS, pg. 1*II. COLOR AND LIGHT IN THE DESCRIPTIVE POETS, pg. 20*III. THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT IN THE SCIENTIFIC POETS, pg. 55*IV. OPTICS AND VISION, pg. 74*V. AESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks, pg. 107*VI. METAPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks, pg. 132*EPILOGUE: THE POETIC DAMNATION OF NEWTON, pg. 165*INDEX, pg. 175