Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
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Book Description
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 | Basic Books |
Binding | Paperback (9 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 402 |
ISBN-10 | 073820143X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0738201436 |
Publication Date | 04/06/1999 |
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