{"product_id":"newton-the-alchemist-9780691174877","title":"Newton the Alchemist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] brilliantly detailed book. . . . Newman’s patient research has produced a masterpiece of scientific history . . . that will still be read in a century.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dmitri Levitin, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNewton the Alchemist\u003c\/i\u003e is unquestionably a significant reappraisal of one of the most iconic figures in the history of science. As such, the stakes are high, and scholars of Isaac Newton and the history of alchemy will no doubt grapple with Newman’s arguments for some time to come.\"\u003cb\u003e---Tara Nummedal, \u003ci\u003eIsis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most thorough, penetrating, and perceptive analysis of Newton’s alchemy ever to appear.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Henry, \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Keeping a careful balance between the detailed reconstruction – and reproduction – of chymical processes and the portrayal of those authors and texts which influenced Newton’s practices, Newton the Alchemist will remain, probably for years to come, the most complete account – spanning on thirty years – of how the natural philosopher approached the quest for the Philosophers Stone.\"\u003cb\u003e---Lavinia Maddaluno, \u003ci\u003eNuncius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] magisterial study.—Thomas Willard, \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\"","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403843772759,"sku":"9780691174877","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691174877.jpg?v=1730484693","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/newton-the-alchemist-9780691174877","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}