介绍1：
3月，英国牛津，牛津大学女生接连惨死——地狱之门悄然打开。
女孩的喉管被残忍地割断，第一个受害者心脏不翼而飞，在她心脏曾经跳动的地方，摆放着一枚诡异的古代金币；第二个受害者大脑被移走，一枚银币放置在她空空如也的头颅之中……
惊悚小说家劳拉重回阔别多年的母校牛津。她偶然目睹残忍的犯罪现场，职业的敏感使她意识到，几起谋杀之间存在着某种神秘的仪式性的联系。在暗自调查中她有了惊人发现：为了找到传说中的点金石，古代炼金术士总是依据星象行事，并在金属与人体器官之间建立了神秘的联系，而在占星术中，金和心脏对应着太阳，而银和大脑则对应着月亮。第一个女孩遇害时，太阳刚刚进入白羊宫，而地球正移过春分点。而太阳、月亮将与金星、火星、木星排成一列，构成千年罕见的五星连珠。
残杀还在继续，劳拉一步步接近神秘的核心：21世纪的开膛手杰克竟与三百年前的科学巨匠牛顿密切相关，几个世纪以来，他所领导的黑暗斯芬克司修道会一直在牛津地下导演着一场召唤撒旦的绝密仪式……
介绍2：
牛顿：最后一位巫师？
――读迈克尔·怀特小说《春分》
孙智正
在《春分》（重庆出版社2006年12月出版）这个故事里，牛顿不再被苹果砸或者拿手表当鸡蛋煮，而变成了巫师和狂热的炼金术士，在天上五星连珠之际，躲在地下迷宫里，用同伴从五个新杀死的女孩身体上摘取的器官，举行神秘残忍的仪式。300年后，这个科学巨匠的作祟在牛津大学重演：两名牛津女学生以同样的手法惨遭杀害，是牛顿的木乃伊归来，还是历史可怕的循环？
作者迈克尔·怀特，曾在牛津大学当了7年化学讲师。他还写过另外一本关于牛顿的书――《艾萨克·牛顿：最后一位巫师》。此书曾获美国书业同人奖，已有中文版本，热衷于解构崇高或名人八卦的同学可借来翻读。人们说，牛顿陷于“第一推动力”的不可解而投向神学，后半生深陷神学研究，一生的神学著作数量超过科学著作。人们还说，牛顿发现万有引力，也是因为在研究炼金术和神学的过程中受到启发。至于头被苹果砸什么的，仅仅是一个美丽的故事，就跟瓦特被水壶启示发明蒸汽机一样，完全是为了让小朋友们更容易接受。
迈克尔·怀特没有想把这本小说写成小学课本，牛顿变成了可怕的“巫术狂人”，当然，牛顿在更多意义上只是作为小说题目的一个“眼”，就像《达芬奇密码》的达·芬奇、《海边的卡夫卡》的卡夫卡。小说分古今两条线索，现代和古代的场景不断切换：这一页牛津有女学生正被残忍杀害，那一页牛顿正受到某本巫术书的启迪；这一页女主人公劳拉正在用搜索引擎搜查星相资料，那一页牛顿正在搜索地下迷宫的线索；这一页劳拉得到了一些线索，那一页牛顿得到了绿碑文和红宝石；这一页更多的女孩被残忍地杀害，那一页牛顿正在准备举行巫术；这一页牛津大学图书馆馆长失踪了，那一页牛顿的仪式遭到了守护者的破坏……
迈克尔·怀特把小说写得像好莱坞大片，行文简洁，结构清晰，注重画面感，至于线索的交织、场景的切换、桥段的设置，可有可无的性场面和看似幽默的对话，简直就是活脱脱的好莱坞电影。小说要素也设置得像一份营养成分合理的套餐：残忍专业的连环杀戮、科学大师的B面、神秘的巫术仪式、千年罕见的星相奇观、世界学术圣地牛津、神秘的地下迷宫、传说中的绿碑文和红宝石、人与撒旦的PK……如果写得更简洁一点，去除一些环境描写和心理描写，就是一部很好的不用删改的剧本。看完这本小说，就像看完一部捧在手里的电影，而且是一部很有诚意的大片。在讲述一个完满的故事的同时，附赠丰富的二手人文知识。它总是安抚我们的平凡，满足我们的欲望，满足我们的好奇，甚至满足我们的残忍，还附加一点点我们都听说过的知识点以吸引注意，比如在《圣骨迷踪》里是“圣骨”，在这部小说里就是牛顿。
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