Newton for Ladies (1737) – Newtonianism vs. Cartesianism (whipplelib.hps.cam.ac.uk) 20 points by bgilroy26 10mo ago ↗ HN
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[–] srean 9mo ago ↗ Cartesianism may be highly injurious to the ladies' dog.Quip aside, the history of science of that period just overwhelms me. What a time ! Galileo, DesCartes, Barrow, Leibnitz, Huygens, Newton, Halley, Hooke.
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Quip aside, the history of science of that period just overwhelms me. What a time ! Galileo, DesCartes, Barrow, Leibnitz, Huygens, Newton, Halley, Hooke.