NYPL, The Newtonian Moment: Science and the Making of Modern Culture

Introduction The Apprenticeship of Genius The Gospel According to Newton Trial by Fire A New Worldview Emerges Science Visualized and Popularized Reason and Faith Humanities and the Culture of Science Apotheosis

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This plate from Shauplatz der Nature und der Künste
(Vienna, 1774), a popularization of science intended
primarily for children, explicates the nature of a double
rainbow. – General Research Division, NYPL
image id: ps_newton_cd1_08