Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution

Name: Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution
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ISBN: 9781556437724

ISBN-10: 1556437722

ISBN-13: 9781556437724

Edition: 2009

Authors: Philip Ashley Fanning

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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 researchconventional science and alchemywere actually inseparable. InIsaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy,Fanning reveals the surprisingly profound influence that Newton's study of this hermetic art had in shaping his widely adopted scientific concepts. Alchemy was an ancient tradition of speculative philosophy that promised miraculous powers, such as the ability to change base metals into gold and the possibility of a universal…

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 7/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



List of Illustrations


A Note to the Reader


Preface



The Christianization of Alchemy



John Dee Puts Alchemy on a New Footing



Dee's Angelic Mission



Francis Bacon's Mask



The Rosicrucian Furor



Defeat and Revival



Alchemy Divided



Isaac Newton, Alchemist



The Advent of Modern Science


Afterword


Appendix: Pauli on Alchemy


Bibliography


Index