Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's Secret Fire by William Newman

Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's Secret Fire

William Newman

560 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

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A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemy When Isaac Newton's alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking. No longer the exemplar of Enlight...

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