Isaac Newton and Alchemy
Isaac Newton dedicated a good part of his activity to alchemical experiments. This article tries to discuss the motivations that drove Newton to spend so much of his time in the laboratory: the search for a unitary vision of the forces acting in the macrocosm and in the microcosm, the belief on a hi...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Substantia |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/12 |