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Alchemy Tried in the Fire – Starkey, Boyle & the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry (Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
William R Newman
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hardcover. William Newman and Lawrence Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory experiments of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX2; PDN; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
What actually took place in the private laboratory of a mid-17th-century alchemist? How did he direct his quest for the secrets of Nature? What instruments and theoretical principles did he employ? Using as their guide the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry", and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientist before Benjamin Franklin, William Newman and Lawrence Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory operations of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. By analyzing Starkey's extraordinary laboratory notebooks, ... Read more
What actually took place in the private laboratory of a mid-17th-century alchemist? How did he direct his quest for the secrets of Nature? What instruments and theoretical principles did he employ? Using as their guide the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry", and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientist before Benjamin Franklin, William Newman and Lawrence Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory operations of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. By analyzing Starkey's extraordinary laboratory notebooks, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
359
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226577111
SKU
KSG0033112
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About William R Newman
William R. Newman is professor of history and philosophy of science at Indiana University. He is the author of The Summa Perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber and Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution. Lawrence M. Principe is associate professor of the history of science, medicine, and technology and of chemistry at The Johns Hopkins ... Read more
Reviews for Alchemy Tried in the Fire – Starkey, Boyle & the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry (Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
"Alchemy Tried in the Fire takes us on a fascinating voyage into the laboratory of the seventeenth-century alchemist George Starkey. Two of the most learned and original historians of pre-modern science at work today, Newman and Principe, use the rich evidence preserved in Starkey's notebooks to recreate his practices as a 'chymist' - and the intellectual and technical foundations on ... Read more