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12.15pm: Thursday 27 September

Isaac Newton and the Sensorium of God

Dr Stuart Clark

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist magazine, Visiting Fellow of the University of Hertfordshire

Venue: Angel and Royal

Tickets: £4.00 talk only

Tickets: £9.00 with a sandwich lunch

Duration: One hour plus optional lunch afterwards

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About this Event

Isaac Newton: quintessential scientist – also alchemist, maverick theologian, and arch-heretic. Dr Stuart Clark explores how this complicated man’s unscientific traits were essential in shaping the scientific revolution. Just what did Newton mean when he called the Universe: The Sensorium of God?

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The Royal Astronomical Society Website

New Scientist Magazine

University of Hertfordshire Website

The Angel and Royal Hotel, Grantham

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Reflections

Sir Isaac Newton may be best known for his writings on the physical sciences and his mastery of mathematics, but he actually wrote more about theology than science. He was a strictly religious man, yet someone who dabbled in the illegal practise of alchemy, and heretically questioned the Holy Trinity.