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Newton can be credited as being substantially the inventor of Newtonian Physics. That doesn't make alchemy a sub-field of Newtonian Physics, despite the fact th
by JoshuaDavid 6y ago
Newton can be credited as being substantially the inventor of Newtonian Physics. That doesn't make alchemy a sub-field of Newtonian Physics, despite the fact that Newton wrote numerous treatises on alchemy.
- busterarm 6y agoOr possibly that alchemy has nothing to do with motion and gravitation. Chemistry isn't a sub-field of Physics either.
- JoshuaDavid 6y agoExactly.
- busterarm 6y agoNo, we don't agree. He literally coined the term when talking about his movement. If anyone has claim to what the definition was, it's him. But history is written by the winners and I'm sure modern day fascists would like to distance themselves from that history as much as possible...and thus the term gets narrowed and redefined.
- nobody9999 6y ago>Chemistry isn't a sub-field of Physics either. Chemistry is just applied Physics. And yes, for all you mathematicians out there, Physics is just applied math. :)
- Koshkin 6y agoExcept neither is true.
- Koshkin 6y ago> has nothing to do with motion and gravitation. Oh but it does. (The force of gravity is essential for some (al)chemical techniques.)
- Koshkin 6y ago> That doesn't make alchemy a sub-field of Newtonian Physics No, but it does make it part of "Newtonism."