Francesco Algarotti, Newtonianesimo per le dame, ovvero Dialoghi sopra la luce e i colori [Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy explain'd for the use of the Ladies. In six dialogues on light and colours.]

Laura Favero Carraro (Università degli Studi di Padova)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
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First circulation or publication 1737

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Italy (Country of Origin)

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Francesco Algarotti's

Newtonianesimo per le dame, ovvero Dialoghi sopra la luce e i colori

[translated into English by Elizabeth Carter in 1739 as S

ir Isaac Newton's Philosophy explain'd for the use of the Ladies. In six dialogues on light and colours. From the Italian

], was one of the best known works of the eighteenth century, capitalizing on a growing interest for natural philosophy, as science was then called, and for scientific experiments which attracted and impressed large publics everywhere in Europe – French ladies attending Nollet's experiments on the refractability of colours as they would go to a performance of Voltaire's

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[“le sperienze dell'ottica newtoniana si fanno giornalmente a Parigi; e le donne gentili vanno a vedere dal Nollet refrangere diversamente i raggi,…

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Citation: Carraro, Laura Favero. "Newtonianesimo per le dame, ovvero Dialoghi sopra la luce e i colori". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 September 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16574, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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