Short answer: absolutely not. The whole idea actually originated in wholly mistaken idea that Newtonian mechanics implied that the universe was a big clockwork

Short answer: absolutely not. The whole idea actually originated in wholly mistaken idea that Newtonian mechanics implied that the universe was a big clockwork, unfathomably complex but still predetermined. This rests on the false philosophic view that Newtonian mechanics are the only form of causality (or more broadly, that the laws of physics are the only form causality.) Free will is a type of causality emerging from a particular kind of entity. It in no way violates any other type of causality, and vice-versa. Free will can't violate physics; you can't say "I have free will, therefore I can throw this ball to 50% of light speed." It pertains to an entity with free will making a choice among certain finite possible choices at any given time.