Ebook: The Secrets of Alchemy
Author: Principe Lawrence
- Genre: History
- Tags: Naturvidenskabernes filosofi, Naturvidenskabernes historie
- Series: Synthesis
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- City: Chicago, Ill.
- Language: English
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In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began, developed, and overlapped with a range of ideas and pursuits, Principe illuminates the practice. He vividly depicts the place of alchemy during its heyday in early Read more...