Description: Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy : An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution, Paperback by Fanning, Philip Ashley, ISBN 1556437722, ISBN-13 9781556437724, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 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 solvent or elixir of life. Fanning compellingly describes this carefully tended esoteric institution, which may have found its greatest advocate in the career of the father of modern science. Relegated to the fringes of discourse until its twentieth-century revival by innovative thinkers such as psychiatrist Carl Jung, alchemy offers a key to understanding both the foundations of modern knowledge and important avenues in which we may yet discover wisdom.
Price: 16.32 USD
Location: Jessup, Maryland
End Time: 2025-02-01T11:16:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy : an Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: History, Physics / General, Science & Technology, Occultism
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Philip Ashley Fanning
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
