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The self-fashioning of French Newtonianism

J. B. Shank: The Newton Wars and the beginning of the French Enlightenment. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2008, xv+571pp, $55.00 HB

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    Charles T. Wolfe & David Gilad

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Wolfe, C.T., Gilad, D. The self-fashioning of French Newtonianism. Metascience 20, 573–576 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-010-9511-3

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