Newton, The Alchemist

[Monster]

Today, Slashdot ran an article from The Hindu about Isaac Newton that describes his work as an alchemist.

Pretty interesting!

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p.s. here's the link to the Slashdot article / discussion.

 

[Zarathrustra]

I am really not surprised. Back then there was no clear delineation between actual science and science just because you're curious. It's an interesting read though. Much like reading the Galileo was indeed involved in witchcraft