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Joan Baptista Van Helmont: Reformer of Science and Medicine (Cambridge Monographs on the History of Medicine)
Walter Pagel
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Description for Joan Baptista Van Helmont: Reformer of Science and Medicine (Cambridge Monographs on the History of Medicine)
hardcover. An intellectual biography of Van Helmont (1579-1644), showing a scholarly appreciation of his creative insights. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 52. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Only comparatively recently have historians begun to recognize the importance and influence of Joan Baptista Van Helmont (1579–1644) in the history of medicine and chemistry. Van Helmont's theories on the nature of life, biological time, physiology and disease, the structure of matter, and the processes of chemical change are veiled in his writings by a brand of Renaissance mysticism. His organic conception of the natural world, together with his belief in alchemy and astral forces, has resulted in a predominantly unsympathetic attitude among historians of science, by whom he is generally regarded as purveying an unpalatable and inherently 'un-scientific' amalgam ... Read more
Only comparatively recently have historians begun to recognize the importance and influence of Joan Baptista Van Helmont (1579–1644) in the history of medicine and chemistry. Van Helmont's theories on the nature of life, biological time, physiology and disease, the structure of matter, and the processes of chemical change are veiled in his writings by a brand of Renaissance mysticism. His organic conception of the natural world, together with his belief in alchemy and astral forces, has resulted in a predominantly unsympathetic attitude among historians of science, by whom he is generally regarded as purveying an unpalatable and inherently 'un-scientific' amalgam ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521248075
SKU
KSG0033632
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