Overview
Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820–1870, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the ""scientist."" At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt shows how debates about Newton's character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science.
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Author: Rebekah Higgitt
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822966371
ISBN 10: 0822966379
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Higgitt has produced a well-researched and carefully crafted book which will be of interest to historians of science, literature, religion and Victorian culture. It is indeed an excellent example of the truly interdisciplinary nature of much current research in the history of science."" --British Journal for the History of Science ""Higgitt's well-researched study signals the rich resource that scientific biography offers to the historian of science."" --British Society for Literature and Science Online Book Reviews ""Meticulously researched . . . explores an aspect of nineteenth-century Newtonianism that will reward scholars of Victorian science, historiography, biography, and literature."" --Victorian Studies ""Reading this fine and fascinating book is a salutary experience."" --Isis ""Throws interesting light on the growing knowledge of Newton's involvement in alchemy among his biographers."" --Ambix '""Meticulously researched . . . explores an aspect of nineteenth-century Newtonianism that will reward scholars of Victorian science, historiography, biography, and literature.""-- ""Victorian Studies"" Higgitt has produced a well-researched and carefully crafted book which will be of interest to historians of science, literature, religion and Victorian culture. It is indeed an excellent example of the truly interdisciplinary nature of much current research in the history of science.-- ""British Journal for the History of Science"" Higgitt's well-researched study signals the rich resource that scientific biography offers to the historian of science.-- ""British Society for Literature and Science Online Book Reviews"" Reading this fine and fascinating book is a salutary experience.-- ""Isis"""
Throws interesting light on the growing knowledge of Newton's involvement in alchemy among his biographers. --Ambix Reading this fine and fascinating book is a salutary experience. --Isis Meticulously researched . . . explores an aspect of nineteenth-century Newtonianism that will reward scholars of Victorian science, historiography, biography, and literature. --Victorian Studies Higgitt's well-researched study signals the rich resource that scientific biography offers to the historian of science. --British Society for Literature and Science Online Book Reviews Higgitt has produced a well-researched and carefully crafted book which will be of interest to historians of science, literature, religion and Victorian culture. It is indeed an excellent example of the truly interdisciplinary nature of much current research in the history of science. --British Journal for the History of Science
Author Information
Rebekah Higgitt is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.
