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Newton and the Netherlands
How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic
20 februari 2013


Newton's ideas became a real hype in Dutch society through the course of the eighteenth century.

This hype is often accepted at face value. The sudden popularity often seen as a historical fact that does not need explanation. Newton and the Netherlands is the first title to analyze this sudden rise to fame in depth, and puts it into a new perspective.