How for example could Newton's apparent empiricism be married with his interest in alchemy and magic? What had inspired him in his discoveries? How did he reconcile his scientific discoveries with his religious faith? And, most of all, who was this man who, historians tell us, remained a virgin all his life and who seemed to be an argumentative ego maniac on the one hand and a kindly old man on the other? In this revelatory biography, White paints an original picture of Isaac Newton completely at variance with the traditional portrait. Yet the traditional version of his life fails to tell, by some considerable margin, the full story. As creator of the theory of gravity, calculus, modern theories of light and devisor of the three laws of mechanics, his methods are perceived as the genesis of modern science. According to traditional accounts, Newton was the first modern scientist. He was both short-listed and long-listed for the Aventis prize. In this 'ground breaking biography' Michael White destroys the myths of the life of Isaac Newton and reveals a portrait of the scientist as the last sorcerer. White wrote a biography of Isaac Newton, The Last Sorcerer. In this revelatory biography, White paints an original picture of Isaac Newton completely at variance with the traditional portrait.A new biography of Isaac Newton that reveals the extraordinary influence that the study of alchemy had on the greatest Early Modern scientific discoveries. How for example could Newton’s apparent empiricism be married with his interest in alchemy and magic? What had inspired him in his discoveries? How did he reconcile his scientific discoveries with his religious faith? And, most of all, who was this man who, historians tell us, remained a virgin all his life and who seemed to be an argumentative ego maniac on the one hand and a kindly old man on the other? Perseus Book Group, Customer Service Department, 5500 Central Ave., Boulder. Yet the traditional version of his life fails to tell, by some considerable margin, the full story. Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer, Michael White, 1997.

In this ‘ground breaking biography’ Michael White destroys the myths of the life of Isaac Newton and reveals a portrait of the scientist as the last sorcerer.Īccording to traditional accounts, Newton was the first modern scientist. First time in ebook format, this biography of Isaac Newton reveals the extraordinary influence that the study of alchemy had on the greatest Early Modern scientific discoveries.

Isaac Newton by Michael White