Download or read book Isaac Newton written by Michael White and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1999-04-06 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unknown to all but a few, Newton was a practicing alchemist who dabbled with the occult, a tortured, obsessive character who searched for an understanding of the universe by whatever means possible. Sympathetic yet balanced, Michael White's Isaac Newton offers a revelatory picture of Newton as a genius who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.