Isaac Newton : the last sorcerer /
"Drawing upon material found in Newton's vast library, White [tells of a man who] lusted after self-promotion and power [and was] driven to investigate everything that puzzled him, expended a vast amount of time and effort studying the chronology of the Bible, examining prophecy, investiga...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reading, Mass. :
Addison-Wesley,
©1997.
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| Series: | Helix book.
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| Summary: | "Drawing upon material found in Newton's vast library, White [tells of a man who] lusted after self-promotion and power [and was] driven to investigate everything that puzzled him, expended a vast amount of time and effort studying the chronology of the Bible, examining prophecy, investigating natural magic--perhaps even the black arts--and attempting to unravel the hermetic secrets, the prisca sapientia."--Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Basbanes copy contains one piece of ephemera. The Cushing Library/Basbanes Collection copy is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-385) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0201483017 9780201483017 073820143X 9780738201436 |