Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and

Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the 'scientist'. At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt shows how debates about Newton's character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science.

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations and Tables
Introduction	p. 1
Background	p. 2
Science and Genius	p. 6
Sources for Newtonian Biography	p. 8
Outline of Contents	p. 12
Conclusion	p. 16
Jean-Baptiste Biot's 'Newton' and its Translation (1822-1829)	p. 19
Biot's 'Newton' and the Laplacian Programme	p. 20
Biot's 'Newton': Light, Priority, Madness and Religion	p. 23
Newton for the Workers? The SDUK and Biography	p. 30
Translating Biot's 'Newton'	p. 35
Conclusion	p. 42
David Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831): Defending the Hero	p. 43
Brewster's Life of Newton	p. 44
Contradictions: Brewster on Genius and Baconianism	p. 47
The Life of Newton and the Reform of Science	p. 50
Responses to Brewster's Life of Newton	p. 59
Conclusion	p. 67
Francis Baily's Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed (1835)	p. 69
The Flamsteed/Newton Controversy Revisited	p. 70
A Select Audience	p. 80
Published Responses	p. 88
Baily's Reply	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 97
Newtonian Studies and the History of Science 1835-1855	p. 99
Stephen Rigaud's Historical Writings	p. 101
Antiquarians, Archivists, Librarians and Historians of Science	p. 106
Joseph Edleston's Correspondence of Newton and Cotes (1850)	p. 110
Augustus De Morgan's Historical Writings	p. 116
Morality and 'Impartial' History	p. 124
Conclusion	p. 127
David Brewster's Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton (1855): The 'regretful witness'	p. 129
The Gestation of Brewster's Memoirs	p. 130
The Memoirs and the History of Science	p. 134
Controversies: The Second Volume of the Memoirs	p. 138
Newton's Personality in the Memoirs and its Reviews	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 157
The 'Mythical' and the 'Historical' Newton	p. 159
Placing Newton on his Pedestal: The Grantham Statue (1858)	p. 160
Newton: His Friend: And His Niece (1853-1870): Misreadings and Reassessment	p. 163
'Newton depossede!': The Affair of the Pascal Forgeries (1867-1870)	p. 171
The British Response to the Pascal Forgeries	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 184
Conclusion	p. 187
Notes	p. 195
Translations of Quotations from Biot's 'Newton' in Chapter 1	p. 247
Works Cited	p. 253
Index	p. 275
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