This book examines the development of calculus in Britain during the century following Newton. It is usually maintained that this was a period of decline in British mathematics. However, the author's research has shown that the methods used by researchers of the period yielded c…
The christianization of alchemy -- John Dee puts alchemy on a new footing -- Dee's angelic mission -- Francis Bacon's mask -- The Rosicrucian furor -- Defeat and revival -- Alchemy divided -- Isaac Newton, alchemist -- The advent of modern science.
Portraits by Ingres: image of an epoch
by Tinterow, Gary, Conisbee, Philip, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, Maler, Zeichner, Frankreich, Naef, Hans, Kunsthistoriker, Schweiz, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, Painter, Drawer, France, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, Peintre, Dessinateur, France, National Gallery (London)
Songs of innocence and of experience
by Curran, Stuart, Blake, William, Poète, Graveur sur cuivre, Peintre, Angleterre, Blake, William, Poet, Copper plate engraver, Painter, England, Blake, William, Dichter, Kupferstecher, Maler, England, Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection
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