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Newton the Alchemist - Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,042
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Newton the Alchemist - Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" (Hardcover): William Newman

Newton the Alchemist - Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" (Hardcover)

William Newman

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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 Enlightenment rationality, the legendary physicist suddenly became "the last of the magicians." Newton the Alchemist unlocks the secrets of Newton's alchemical quest, providing a radically new understanding of the uncommon genius who probed nature at its deepest levels in pursuit of empirical knowledge. In this evocative and superbly written book, William Newman blends in-depth analysis of newly available texts with laboratory replications of Newton's actual experiments in alchemy. He does not justify Newton's alchemical research as part of a religious search for God in the physical world, nor does he argue that Newton studied alchemy to learn about gravitational attraction. Newman traces the evolution of Newton's alchemical ideas and practices over a span of more than three decades, showing how they proved fruitful in diverse scientific fields. A precise experimenter in the realm of "chymistry," Newton put the riddles of alchemy to the test in his lab. He also used ideas drawn from the alchemical texts to great effect in his optical experimentation. In his hands, alchemy was a tool for attaining the material benefits associated with the philosopher's stone and an instrument for acquiring scientific knowledge of the most sophisticated kind. Newton the Alchemist provides rare insights into a man who was neither Enlightenment rationalist nor irrational magus, but rather an alchemist who sought through experiment and empiricism to alter nature at its very heart.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2018
First published: 2019
Authors: William Newman
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-17487-7
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
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LSN: 0-691-17487-3
Barcode: 9780691174877

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