Standing colossus: Newton and the French. [Book Review]

Annals of Science 76 (3-4):347-354 (2019)
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A critical discussion of J.B. Shank, 'Before Voltaire: the French Origins of "Newtonian" Mechanics,' University of Chicago Press, 2018.

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