The Last Magician
Sir Isaac Newton changed people’s understanding of the universe. The world knows him as one of the greatest minds in modern science. However, many do not know the other side of him, which the documentary, Isaac Newton: The Last Magician, reveals. The movie introduces the world to a brilliant rational mathematician, but also a master of the occult. It tells a story of a solitary man and a tyrant, a heretic and a pseudoscientist. According to the documentary, Isaac was an enthusiastic practitioner of alchemy, which is an antique ‘science’ of channeling divine powers to create silver and gold from base metals. He was also an avid follower of the pursuit of the Elixir of Life. While many people knew the Newton that changed the universe and the way we understand it today, the documentary creates a new and surprising part of the scientist and mathematician than people did not know existed.
Through interviews with experts and reviewing Newton’s writings as well as the works of his contemporaries, the movie creates a new and interesting image of Isaac Newton. The narrative reveals him as a divisive figure, one who enjoyed his own company, probably which gave him the opportunity to create and recreate the universe. He spent most of his time studying in the laboratory, but his work was not limited to science. According to the documentary, he worked from the lab to delve into heretical religion, alchemy and the occult. He created a personal understanding of the world, although some of the achievements were never included in the published work of science.
From the timelines given in the documentary, he started practicing the “magic” at a very early age. For example, it reveals that by the time he was 21 years old, he had rejected 2,000 years of scientific convention. Instead, he spent time and relentlessly conducted many, sometimes dangerous, experiments using the occult beliefs. He was obsessed with light and gravity, which he related to alchemy. He also explored biblical texts to have a better understanding of the world. He used his time challenging all truths in the world and concluded that none could not be questioned in the pursuit of higher knowledge. The documentary reveals an isolated man because his uncharacteristic work led to conflicts with other scientists. He spent many dark days of his adult life in isolation from the world and his fellow scholars who would have given him company.
However, the documentary could not ignore his scientific achievements and accomplishments. He was a genius who made critical discoveries, such as the law of gravity, which remains relevant to-date. He also climbed up the ladder of success in the scientific field to become the President of the Royal Society. He is also honored as one of the leading scientists in history. Many people knew about his scientific accomplishments because his heretical religious worldviews and alchemy obsession were clandestine affairs when he was alive. Furthermore, following his death, his unpublished alchemical documents and research were hidden for the sake of his image.
Regardless of the attempts to hide the secret life of Isaac Newton, the documentary reveals that the secret was revealed for the world to know the other side of Newton, the scientist. John Maynard Keynes published the hidden documents in 1936 to show that Newtown was a complicated person that history revealed. Clearly, the documentary opens up the audience to a world of Isaac Newton that many people were unaware of.
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