Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Newton, Isaac (Vol. 53) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Bibliography

Wallis, Peter and Ruth Wallis. Newton and Newtoniana, 1672-1975. A Bibliography. Folkestone, England: Dawson, 1977, 362 p.

An exhaustive bibliography of works by and about Newton.

Biography

Westfall, Richard S. Never at Rest. A Biography of Isaac Newton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980, 960 p.

A definitive biography using recent scholarship. Contains an extensive bibliographic essay.

Criticism

Cohen, I. Bernard. "Newton in the Light of Recent Scholarship." Isis 51, Part 4, No. 166 (December 1960): 489-514.

Reviews the reasons for extensive Newtonian historical scholarship, and discusses the variety and revelations of such study.

Markley, Robert. "Representing Order: Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Theology in the Newtonian Revolution." In Chaos and Order: Complex Dynamics in Literature and Science, edited by N. Katherine...

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