Question: was it true the sir issac newton was an alchemist?

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  1. It is true. He in fact spent a great amount of time working on alchemy under the impression he could turn lead into gold. It proves that all the smarts in the world don’t always mean your work will make you a genius. Luckily he had earn’t the genius tag for all his other work including inventing a new branch of maths (calculus) during a break from school…

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  2. Certainly is, actually Newton spent more time writing about other things that writing about science.

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  3. As Dustin and James say, yes. In fact he was interested in a great many things: mathematics, alchemy, physics, astronomy, theology. A wide ranging thinker.

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  1. fun fact: the easist thingbto turn to gold is platinum!

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