Higgitt, Rebekah.
Recreating Newton : Newtonian biography and the making of nineteenth-century history of science / Rebekah Higgitt.
The author examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the 19th century. She focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the 'scientist'.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Brewster, David, 1781-1868.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Scientists -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Historiography.
Biography as a literary form.
Biographie.
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.