The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy, or, The Hunting of the Greene Lyon

Dobbs, Betty Jo, Teeter

ISBN 10: 052120786X / ISBN 13: 9780521207867

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1975

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Places Newton's alchemical experiments in their matrix in the intellectual currents of the seventeenth century. Combines intellectual history with the history of science. Very good copy. Laid in is a typed commentary on the volume. 300pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy, or, The Hunting of the Greene Lyon
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052120786X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521207867
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book sets the foundations of Newton's alchemy in their historical context in Restoration England.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sir Isaac Newton left at his death a large collection of papers on alchemy, mostly in his own handwriting; the importance of this legacy has been debated ever since. When it first appeared, Professor Dobb's detailed analysis of the foundations of Newton's alchemical pursuits further stimulated interest in the subject by firmly establishing the importance of alchemy in Newton's thought. This book sets the foundations of Newton's alchemy in their historical context in Restoration England. It is shown that alchemical modes of thought and particularly those of a Neoplatonic kind, were quite strong in many of those who provided the dynamism for the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century and that these modes of thought had important relationships with general movements for reform in the same period: reform of religion, philosophy, learning, society and of man himself. Newton's alchemy is thus seen as a critical link between Renaissance Hermeticism and the rational chemistry and mechanics of the eighteenth century.