The Aspiring Adept : Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest /

"The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern sci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Principe, Lawrence
Otros Autores: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000, 1998.
Edición:2nd printing and 1st pbk printing.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691.
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691
Chemistry.
Alchemy.
Chimie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Alchimie.
Chemistry > history.
Chemistry > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Great Britain.
United Kingdom.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus. However, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century."
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780691186283

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