Historian of science Bill Newman says that Isaac Newton's alchemical notebooks are ... To orient yourself to the bewildering world of 17th-century alchemy, we recommend you first read our ...

Isaac Newton was one of the leading figures of the ... Some people believe that in 1669, Newton began experimenting with alchemy (a medieval philosophy that sought, among other goals, to transform ...

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe ... He became absorbed in alchemy, a secretive study of the nature of life and the medieval forerunner of chemistry. Some argue that ...

What we didn’t know was who was the author of the fiction: nobody less than Sir Isaac himself. “He invented this story to cover up the true line of occult rationality which he used to arrive at the ...

Sir Isaac Newton was on a lifelong quest to discover ... he was also ardently passionate about subjects like chemistry, religion, and alchemy. He based his 2060 doomsday forecast on a Protestant ...