Hannah Newton

Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

• Author(s): Paul B. Scheurer, G. Debrock

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1988-07-31
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• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Colloqui­ um "Newton's Scientific and Philosophical Legacy", that was held at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) from June 9th to 12th 1987 to celebrate the Tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Philo­ sophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1667). Although 1987 was a busy year for Newton scholars, we were happy that five of most prom­ inent among them were able to come to Nijmegen and speak on the vari­ ous aspects of Newton's thought. They are the Professors I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard), Gale Christianson (Indiana State), B. J. Dobbs (Northwestern), Richard H. Popkin (UCLA) and Mordechai Feingold (Boston ...

Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer

• Author(s): Michael White

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2012-02-20
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• Publisher: HarperCollins UK

First time in ebook format, this biography of Isaac Newton reveals the extraordinary influence that the study of alchemy had on the greatest Early Modern scientific discoveries. In this ‘ground breaking biography’ Michael White destroys the myths of the life of Isaac Newton and reveals a portrait of the scientist as the last sorcerer.

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs

• Author(s): William Richard Cutter

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2000
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• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

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Notes and Queries

• Categories: Questions and answers

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1861
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• Publisher: Unknown

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DOLOR DAVIS (c1593-1673): Newest Research Results From England & His Relative, NICHOLAS DAVIS (c1620-1672), 2nd Updated Edition

• Author(s): Dr. Frank "Mike" Davis

• Categories: Family & Relationships

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2023-04-01
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• Publisher: RootsQuest Press, LLC

Dolor Davis, master carpenter, arrived in Massachusetts from England in 1634 CE. Thousands of his direct descendants currently live in America. The author has spent 25 years researching historical documents in England to shed new light on Dolor's life before he immigrated to New England. The author's research results both corrects and updates all previous books and genealogies previously written about Dolor and his wife, Margery (Willard) Davis, including the first accurately published vital statistics for their four "English-born" children, and their residences within Sussex County, England. Nicholas Davis, international merchant mariner, is the author's 8th-great grandfather who lived n...