The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought

by Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs

Book Overview

In this major reevaluation of Isaac Newton's intellectual life, Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs shows how his pioneering work in mathematics, physics, and cosmology was intertwined with his study of alchemy. Professor Dobbs argues that to Newton those several intellectual pursuits were all ways of approaching Truth, and that Newton's primary goal was not the study of nature for its own sake but rather an attempt to establish a unified system that would have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521524873
• ISBN13: 9780521524872
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.8"