magician

mastery
/məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/noun

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Which meaning of 'magician' best matches the usage in the sentence?

The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.