Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Dedication
List of Illustrations and Tables
Introduction
Background
Science and Genius
Sources for Newtonian Biography
Outline of Contents
Conclusion
1. Jean-Baptiste Biot’s ‘Newton’ and its Translation (1822–1829)
Biot’s ‘Newton’ and the Laplacian Programme
Biot’s ‘Newton’: Light, Priority, Madness and Religion&
Newton for the Workers? The SDUK and Biography&
Translating Biot’s ‘Newton’
Conclusion
2. David Brewster’s Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831): Defending the Hero
Brewster’s Life of Newton
Contradictions: Brewster on Genius and Baconianism&
The Life of Newton and the Reform of Science
Responses to Brewster’s Life of Newton
Conclusion
3. Francis Baily’s Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed (1835)
The Flamsteed/Newton Controversy Revisited
A Select Audience
Published Responses
Baily’s Reply
Conclusion
4. Newtonian Studies and the History of Science 1835–1855
Stephen Rigaud’s Historical Writings
Antiquarians, Archivists, Librarians and Historians of Science&
Joseph Edleston’s Correspondence of Newton and Cotes (1850)
Augustus De Morgan’s Historical Writings
Morality and ‘Impartial’ History
Conclusion
5. David Brewster’s Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton (1855): The ‘regretful witness’
The Gestation of Brewster’s Memoirs
The Memoirs and the History of Science
Controversies: The Second Volume of the Memoirs
Newton’s Personality in the Memoirs and its Reviews
Conclusion
6. The ‘Mythical’ and the ‘Historical’ Newton
Placing Newton on his Pedestal: The Grantham Statue (1858)
Newton: His Friend: And His Niece (1853–1870): Misreadings and Reassessment
‘Newton dépossédé!’: The Affair of the Pascal Forgeries (1867–1870)
The British Response to the Pascal Forgeries
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Appendix: Translations of Quotations from Biot’s ‘Newton’ in Chapter 1&
Works Cited
Index