Category Archives: Alchemists

Mad Scientist #9: Sir Isaac Newton

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Max Hartshorn

Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and Sumerians… —John Maynard Keynes, economist, historian, baron.1 Fateful apple falls from a tree and bonks young Isaac … Continue reading →

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Mad Scientist #5: Paracelsus (pt. 2) – Paracelsus’ Homunculus

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Max Hartshorn

It is the project of the mad scientist, whether he knows it or not, to extract all that is crass, hidden, and horrifying, and flay it mercilessly before the light of science. Doing so does not strip the world of … Continue reading →

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Mad Scientist #5: Paracelsus (pt. 1) – Science and Magic

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Max Hartshorn

All the universities have less experience than my beard. The down on my neck is more learned than my antagonists. You must follow my footsteps. I shall not go in yours. Not one of your professors will find a cover … Continue reading →

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