Thursday, May 9, 2013

Sir Isaac Not-So-Newton. Alchemy Week pt.2

Sir Isaac Newton. Discoverer of gravity. Inventor of calculus. One of the top scientists that ever existed.

Wearer of magnificent locks. 

                   It turns out that Newton actually spent more of his time studying scripture and alchemy than   engaging in science stuffs. He was an extremely devout christian, and pretty much all-around crazy person. 

                   He spent enormous amounts of time trying to figure out the exact measurements of the Temple of Solomon, which he believed would allow him to predict the exact day of the apocalypse. 

The face a insanity.
                  Newton was also a self proclaimed alchemist. And he wasn't even a revolutionary alchemist either, he attempted to pursue theories that had long since been discarded (by people who believed alchemy was possible). His main alchemic goal was to create the philosophers stone, which could turn base metals in gold and grant humans immortality. 

Pretty much a way more sad version of this.

                 

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