
The Newton You Didn't Know
Initial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast
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Newton's Belief in Alchemy and the Pursuit of the Vegetative Principle
This chapter explores Newton's views on alchemy and his belief that he could find God through the search for unifying principles. It discusses his understanding of the vegetative principle and its symbolic representation of the relationship between God and Jesus. The chapter also mentions the reproducibility of Newton's alchemical work and briefly introduces the concept of elements.
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