Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
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Science writer Michael White's subtitle, The Last Sorcerer, echoes John Maynard Keynes's assertion in 1942 that Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was not the Olympian rationalist portrayed by his worshipful early biographers. Newton was a great scientist, the author acknowledges; he was also an "obsessive, driven mystic," deeply involved in the pseudoscience of alchemy, subscriber to a heretical sect of Ch... More
Book Information
Publisher | Books on Tape, Inc. |
Binding | Audio Cassette (9 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | 0736644873 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0736644877 |
Publication Date | 04/20/1999 |
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About Stuart Langton (Narrator) : Stuart Langton is a published narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Stuart Langton include In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy, To Herat and Cabul [UNA... more
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