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Bridging traditions : alchemy, chemistry, and Paracelsian practices in the early modern era /

Bridging Traditions explores the connections between apparently different zones of comprehension and experience--magic and experiment, alchemy and mechanics, practical mathematics and geometrical mysticism, things earthy and heavenly, and especially science and medicine--by focusing on points of int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Parshall, Karen Hunger, 1955-, Walton, Michael Thomson, 1945-, Moran, Bruce T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2015]
Colección:Early modern studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Bridging Traditions explores the connections between apparently different zones of comprehension and experience--magic and experiment, alchemy and mechanics, practical mathematics and geometrical mysticism, things earthy and heavenly, and especially science and medicine--by focusing on points of intersection among alchemy, chemistry, and Paracelsian medical philosophy. In exploring the varieties of natural knowledge in the early modern era, the authors pay tribute to the work of Allen Debus, whose own endeavors cleared the way for scholars to examine subjects that were once snubbed as suitable only to the refuse heap of the history of science.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781612481357
1612481353
9780271091259
0271091258