Bedtime Biography: Isaac Newton
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What’s it about?
James Gleick shatters the myth of Newton as a serene genius, revealing a secretive, obsessive alchemist and heretic whose furious concentration unlocked the laws of the universe.
You’ll learn
- Genius is a relentless, often lonely process
- Newton's secrecy fueled his discoveries
- Alchemy and theology shaped his science
- The universe is a unified, knowable system