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Hall, Alfred Rupert was born on July 26, 1920 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., England. Son of Alfred Dawson and Margaret Catherine (Ritchie) Hall.
(Henry More (1614-87) was the greatest English metaphysica...)
Henry More (1614-87) was the greatest English metaphysical theologian and the most perplexing; he was also perhaps the most distinguished member of the group of divines known as the Cambridge Platonists. An admirer of Galileo, Descartes and Boyle, he rejected their detailed applications of mechanical philosophy to the explanation of natural phenomena. He was an experimenter, yet also a cabalist, and one of the few writers whom Newton acknowledged as having influenced his ideas. First published in 1990, this thorough and accessible biography is the first book-length treatment of this remarkable character. Hall illuminates More's important contributions to science, particularly his work on space and time which influenced Newton, and gives fascinating insights into his spiritual philosophy and his preoccupation with witchcraft. The depth of Professor Hall's scholarship makes the book an exceptional account of the turbulent world of the Scientific Revolution.
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(For the first time, the early eighteenth century biograph...)
For the first time, the early eighteenth century biographical notices of Sir Isaac Newton have been compiled into one convenient volume. Eminent Newtonian scholar Rupert Hall brings together the five biographies on Newton from this period and includes commentary on each translation. The centerpiece of the volume is a new translation of Paolo Frisi's 1778 biography, which was the first such work on Newton ever published. This comprehensive work also includes the biographies of Newton by Fontenelle (1727), Thomas Birch (1738), Charles Hutton (1795), and John Conduitt, as well as a bibliography of Newton's works. This book is a valuable addition to the works on Newton and will be of extreme interest to historians of science, Newtonian scholars, and general readers with an interest in the history of one of the world's greatest scientific geniuses.
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(In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (164...)
In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Rupert Hall surveys the vast field of modern scholarship in order to interpret Newton's mathematical and experimental approach to nature. Mathematics was always the deepest, most innovative and productive of Newton's interests. However, he was also a historian, theologian, chemist, civil servant and natural philosopher. These diverse studies were unified in his single design as a Christian to explore every facet of God's creation. The exploration during the past forty years of Newton's huge manuscript legacy, has greatly altered previous stories of Newton's life, throwing new light on his personality and intellect. Hall's discussion of this research, first published in 1992, shows that Newton cannot simply be explained as a Platonist, or mystic. He remains a complex and enigmatic genius with an immensely imaginative and commonsensical mind.
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(In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (164...)
In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Rupert Hall surveys the vast field of modern scholarship in order to interpret Newton's mathematical and experimental approach to nature. Mathematics was always the deepest, most innovative and productive of Newton's interests. However, he was also a historian, theologian, chemist, civil servant and natural philosopher. These diverse studies were unified in his single design as a Christian to explore every facet of God's creation. The exploration during the past forty years of Newton's huge manuscript legacy, has greatly altered previous stories of Newton's life, throwing new light on his personality and intellect. Hall's discussion of this research, first published in 1992, shows that Newton cannot simply be explained as a Platonist, or mystic. He remains a complex and enigmatic genius with an immensely imaginative and commonsensical mind.
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Hall, Alfred Rupert was born on July 26, 1920 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., England. Son of Alfred Dawson and Margaret Catherine (Ritchie) Hall.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1941. Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1950.
Doctor of Letters, Cambridge (England) University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Bologna, 1999.
Served Royal Corps of Signals 1940-1945. Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge 1949-1959, University Lecturer, Cambridge 1950-1959. Posts at University of Calif, and Indiana 1959-1963.
Professor History of Science and Technology, Imperial College, London 1963-1980, Professor Emeritus since 1980. Consultant, Wellcome Trust 1980-1985. President Institute Academy, of the History of Science 1977-1981.
Allen Scholar, Cambridge 1948, Sarton. Lecturer 1973, Leeuwenhoek Lecturer 1988.
(Henry More (1614-87) was the greatest English metaphysica...)
(In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (164...)
(In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (164...)
(For the first time, the early eighteenth century biograph...)
President British Society for History Science, London, 1966-1968, Academy International History Sciences, Paris, 1977-1981. Lieutenant Royal Signal Corps, 1940-1945. Fellow British Academy, Royal History Society.
Married Annie Shore Hughes, December 13, 1941 (divorced June 1959). Children: Alison Jane, Anna Clarissa. Married Marie Boas, June 10, 1959.