Description
| Product ID: | 9780691174877 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Newton the Alchemist |
| Subtitle: | Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" |
| Authors: | Author: William Newman |
| Page Count: | 560 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of science, History of science, Physics, Magic, spells and alchemy, Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of science, History of science, Physics, Magic, spells & alchemy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemyWhen 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 |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-12-11 |