The Dark Side of Isaac Newton: A Modern Biography

by Nick Kollerstrom

Isaac Newton was accorded a semi-divine status in the 18th and 19th centuries, whereby his image linked together religion and science. The real human being behind the demi-god image has tended to be lost. He was a person who took credit from others, and crushed the reputations of those to whom he owed most. This most brilliant of mathematicians could alas be devious, deceptive and duplicitous. This work doesn't go looking at unpublished alchemical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399078003
• ISBN13: 9781399078009
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 304 Pages