Re: Newton's later "research"

[Hugh Haskell <haskell@ODIE.NCSSM.EDU>]

> Look at Sam Westfall's definitive biography of Newton.
>
> joe
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999,
> Jim Braunsdorf wrote:
>
> > We all are very familiar with the fact that Newton did the bulk of his
> > remarkable work at a young age and was quite well-respected for that work.
> >   I believe that I read that in his later years he did venture into
> > more theology or at  least non-physics areas.
> >   Does any one have a source to steer me too on any publishing Newton
> > did in this area?
> > Jim braunsdorf
> >

I concur. There are several good biographies of Newton out now. I
believe that the "research" he spent a good bit of his time on in his
middle and later years was of a nature that he was not too willing to
see in the public domain. Much of it was alchemical, and he felt that
the church would not approve, so I don't believe he published any of
this work. Our knowledge of it must come from his private writings,
and usually by way of his biographers.

Hugh


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