Isaac the Alchemist

Isaac the Alchemist profiles Isaac Newton from childhood, when he lived in an apothecary’s house, observed the world, experimented, and recorded what he noticed. It places his life in the seventeenth century, when magic and science were not clearly separated. Newton’s mathematical discoveries helped distinguish the two, but he continued to believe in alchemy. The book explores his interests in alchemy, mathematics, and mechanics, along with the time and place that shaped those pursuits.