Osiris, Volume 29 Chemical Knowledge in the Early Modern World

The last twenty-five years have witnessed some provocative transmutations in our understanding of early modern chemistry. This book offers a collection of essays that builds on these reappraisals and excavates the affinities between alchemy, chymistry, and chemistry from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Matthew D. Eddy is a senior lecturer in the history of science and culture at Durham University. Seymour H. Mauskopf is professor emeritus of history at Duke University. William R. Newman is the Distinguished Professor and Ruth N. Halls Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University.

Zusammenfassung

The last twenty-five years have witnessed some provocative transmutations in our understanding of early modern chemistry. This book offers a collection of essays that builds on these reappraisals and excavates the affinities between alchemy, chymistry, and chemistry from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Matthew D. Eddy (Herausgeber), Seymour H. Mauskopf (Herausgeber), William R. Newman (Herausgeber), Eddy Matthew D. (Herausgeber), Mauskopf Seymour H. (Herausgeber), Newman William R. (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: Matthew D. Mauskopf Eddy, Matthew D Eddy, Matthew D. Eddy
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.2015
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Belletristik > Geschenkbücher, Alben, Immerwährende Kalender, Pos
• EAN: 9780226158396
• ISBN: 978-0-226-15839-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 450
• Serie: Osiris; Osiris; OSIRIS OSR (CHUP); OSIRIS OSR
• Themen: SCIENCE / History; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; chemistry; History of Science