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The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy [Cambridge Paperback Library].
by Dobbs, B. J. T
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- ISBN 10
- 0521273811
- ISBN 13
- 9780521273817
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1983. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, top edge foxed (other edges slightly), bottom edge rubbed, some edgewear, owner's written name title page. 300 pp. The famous English scientist 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. B. J. T. Dobbs exhaustively chronicles the mystic climate of Newton's age. She tracks the final 30 years of Newton's life spent in diligent but fruitless quest for the Lapis Philosophorum or the Philosopher's Stone.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15717
- Title
- The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy [Cambridge Paperback Library].
- Author
- Dobbs, B. J. T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521273811
- ISBN 13
- 9780521273817
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- biography, science, scientists, esoteric, alchemy
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