Newton the Alchemist : : Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" /

Newton the Alchemist : : Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" / / William Newman.

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 was shocking. No longer the exemplar of Enlightenment rationality, the legendary physicist suddenly be...

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Newman, William,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2019
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (560 p.) :; 40 b/w + 10 color
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Symbols and Conventions
  • Abbreviations for Works Cited
  • ONE. The Enigma of Newton’s Alchemy
  • TWO. Problems of Authority and Language in Newton’s Chymistry
  • THREE. Religion, Ancient Wisdom, and Newton’s Alchemy
  • FOUR. Early Modern Alchemical Theory
  • FIVE. The Young Thaumaturge
  • SIX. Optics and Matter: Newton, Boyle, and Scholastic Mixture Theory
  • SEVEN. Newton’s Early Alchemical Theoricae
  • EIGHT. Toward a General Theory of Vegetability and Mechanism
  • NINE. The Doves of Diana
  • TEN. Flowers of Lead
  • ELEVEN. Johann de Monte-Snyders in Newton’s Alchemy
  • TWELVE. Attempts at a Unified Practice
  • THIRTEEN. The Fortunes of Raymundus
  • FOURTEEN. The Shadow of a Noble Experiment
  • FIFTEEN. The Quest for Sophic Sal Ammoniac
  • SIXTEEN. Extracting Our Venus
  • SEVENTEEN. Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Alchemical Collaborator
  • EIGHTEEN. Praxis
  • NINETEEN. The Warden of the Mint and His Alchemical Associates
  • TWENTY. Public and Private
  • TWENTY-ONE. The Ghost of Sendivogius
  • TWENTY-TWO. A Final Interlude
  • Epilogue
  • APPENDIX ONE. The Origin of Newton’s Chymical Dictionaries
  • APPENDIX TWO. Newton’s “Key to Snyders”
  • APPENDIX THREE. “Three Mysterious Fires”
  • APPENDIX FOUR. Newton’s Interview with William Yworth
  • Index

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