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When Isaac Newton died in 1727 without a will, he left behind a wealth of papers that, when examined, gave his followers and his family a deep sense of unease. Some of what they contained was wildly heretical and alchemically obsessed, hinting at a Newton altogether stranger and less palatable than the one enshrined in Westminster Abbey as the paragon of English rationality. These manuscripts had the potential to undermine not merely Newton's reputation, but that of the scientific method he embodied. They were immediately suppressed as "unfit to be printed", and, aside from brief, troubling glimpses spread across centuries, the papers would remain hidden from sight for more than seven generations.

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  • Adrian Le Monnier
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Nothing about Newton

Easily the worst book I've had the displeasure to listen to and mentions nothing about Newton.

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