Books by Jed Z. Buchwald
“Buchwald and Feingold suggest that Newton did not become an anti-trinitarian until at the very earliest 1679 and possibly later and that his reason for rejecting holy orders was simply because he wanted to do scientific research unencumbered by religious duties. It’s a radically different interpretation.” Read more...
The best books on Isaac Newton
William Newman, Historian
Interviews where books by Jed Z. Buchwald were recommended
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Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton
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A Portrait of Isaac Newton
by Frank E. Manuel -
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Newton and the Origins of Civilization
by Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold -
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Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton and Natural Philosophy
by Niccolò Guicciardini
The best books on Isaac Newton, recommended by William Newman
The best books on Isaac Newton, recommended by William Newman
John Maynard Keynes famously cast Isaac Newton not as the first scientist of the age of reason, but the last of the magicians. How should we interpret the million words he wrote, in secret, on alchemy? What should we make of Newton’s heretical religious views? William Newman talks us through the best books for a better understanding of the complex man who was one of the greatest physicists of all time.
