Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy
An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution
$36.26
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
Isaac Newton was a dedicated alchemist, a fact usually obscured as unsuited to his stature as a leader of the scientific revolution. Author Philip Ashley Fanning has diligently examined the evidence and concludes that the two major aspects of Newton’s research—conventional science and alchemy—were actually inseparable.
In Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy, Fanning reveals the surprisingly profound influence that Newton’s study of this hermetic art had in shaping h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556437724 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1556437722 |
| Author: | Philip Ashley Fanning |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Philip Ashley Fanning
Educated at Swarthmore, Philip Fanning gained a scrupulous understanding of the culture of modern science during twenty years with W. H. Freeman and Company, the book-publishing arm of Scientific American. His discovery that Isaac Newton was an alchemist led him to a research project that consumed three years and resulted in this pioneering study. As he observes, “I can’t help but feel that even though Newton deliberately concealed his greatest contribution to the history of thought, part of him hoped it would eventually see the light of day.” Fanning is also the author of Mark Twain and Orion Clemens- Brothers, Partners, Strangers (2003). He lives in San Francisco.
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