Issac Newton The Last Sorcerer by Michael White
A vivid, revisionist biography that portrays Newton as a brilliant but obsessive and secretive figure whose revolutionary scientific work coexisted with intense religious, alchemical and occult pursuits. It traces his life from Cambridge scholar to physics pioneer and Master of the Mint, situating his achievements in the intellectual and political conflicts of his era—illuminating disputes with contemporaries, his prolific but unpublished theological and alchemical writings, and the ways his quest for a unified cosmic order shaped his science. The portrait challenges the conventional image of the purely rational Enlightenment scientist, arguing that his mystical and scriptural preoccupations were integral to his thought and legacy.
- Published
- 1997
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- British
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- Original Language
- English
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