Sebastian Molina-Betancur,
Sebastián Molina-Betancur
Springer International Publishing
e druk, 2023
9783031287671
José Celestino Mutis and Newtonianism in New Granada, 1762–1808
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Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Springer International Publishing |
e druk, 2023
ISBN13: 9783031287671
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
This book presents the process of circulation and adoption of Newtonianism in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia) in the eighteenth century by examining José Celestino Mutis’s lectures at the Colegio del Rosario between the 1760s and 1770s. Mostly famous for his botanical activities as director of the botanical expedition, Mutis lectured the first course of mathematics ever created in New Granada on his arrival in Bogota in 1762, in which he included several lectures on physics that encompassed multiple aspects of his interpretation of Newton’s experimental physics.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783031287671
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Springer International Publishing
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Chapter I. The administrative history of a chair.- Chapter II. Newtonianism in Mutis’s lectures on mathematics.- Chapter III. Newton’s physics in New Granada: Mutis’s lectures and mathematisation of nature.- Chapter IV. The circulation of Newtonianism in New Granada after Mutis’s lectures.</p>