Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs. The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991 [published 1992]. Pp. xii + 359, illus. ISBN 0-521-38084-7. £30.00, $47.95 [Book Review]

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