Author: Dobbs, B. J. T.
Title: The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy [Cambridge Paperback Library].
Description: Cambridge Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1983. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, top edge little foxed, bottom edge rubbed, edgewear, owner's written name title page. 300 pp. The famous English scientist Isaac Newton left at his death a large collection of papers on alchemy, mostly in his own handwriting. The importance of this legacy has been debated ever since. The author exhaustively chronicles the mystic climate of Newton's age. She tracks the final 30 years of Newton's life spent in diligent but fruitless quest for the Lapis Philosophorum or Philosopher's Stone. ISBN: 0521273811

Keywords: biography, science, scientists, esoteric, alchemy 0521273811


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