Life After Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career

Cover
Life after Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Illustrations
Epigraph
Prologue
	Preparing to Leave
	A New Life
Act I: The Theatre: Isaac newton moves to the metropolis
	1: Living in Style
		Moving Around
		Entertaining
		Showing Off
	2: The Tower of London
		Life in the Tower
		Political Promotion
	3: Family Trees
		Catherine Barton
		Charles Montagu
		Rewriting the Past
	4: The Rise and Rise of John Conduitt
		Creative Writing
		Enlightenment Display
Act II: The Audience: Isaac newton in london society
	5: Fortune Hunters
		In Pursuit of Profit
		Engineering the Future
	6: The Royal Society
		Experimental Demonstrations
		Presidential Power
		Attacking Enemies
		Scientific Legacies
	7: Hanover-upon-Thames
		Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737)
		Newton at Court
		Theological Differences
		Desaguliers and the Royal Family
Act III: The Play: Isaac newton and english imperialism
	8: Making Money
		Recoinage
		In Pursuit
		The Master’s Trials
	9: Knowledge and Power
		The Early Royal Society
		Twin Sisters of the Restoration
		Into Africa
		The Door of No Return
	10: Going Global
		Trusting the Facts
		Newtonian Imperialism
		Gold Matters
Epilogue
Notes
	Notes to Prologue
	Notes to Chapter 1
	Notes to Chapter 2
	Notes to Chapter 3
	Notes to Chapter 4
	Notes to ACT II
	Notes to Chapter 5
	Notes to Chapter 6
	Notes to Chapter 7
	Notes to ACT III
	Notes to Chapter 8
	Notes to Chapter 9
	Notes to Chapter 10
	Notes to Epilogue
Bibliography
	Sources and Referencing
Illustration Credits
Index