Isaac Newton - The Last Sorcerer

Informationen zum Autor Michael White was a science lecturer before becoming a full-time writer and journalist. He is the author with John Gribbin of the bestselling ‘Stephen Hawking – A Lifetime in Science’. He is a regular contributor to the ‘Sunday Times’, the ‘Observer’,the ‘Daily Telegraph, GQ, Focus’ and ‘New Scientist’. Klappentext A trenchant and elegantly written biography of the man regarded as the first modern scientist! which is something of a departure from our traditional view of him. Looking at the inherent contradictions in his life and work! White asks! for example! how Newton reconciled his religious beliefs with his scientific discoveries! and how his apparent empiricist views married with his interest in alchemy and magic. "White shows! as few biographers have done! what science is really about" "New Statesman" Zusammenfassung A new biography of Isaac Newton that reveals the extraordinary influence that the study of alchemy had on the greatest Early Modern scientific discoveries. 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael White, White Michael
• Editore: Fourth Estate
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.09.1998
• EAN: 9781857027068
• ISBN: 978-1-85702-706-8
• Pagine: 402
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / General, History of Science, Physics, Life;Journey;Story