Book ID: CBB000501434

Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution (2005)

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Moran, Bruce T. (Author)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: 210 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Moran, Bruce T.
Alegre Pérez, María Esther
Barker, Peter
Blumenthal, Geoffrey
Cohen, H. Floris
Joly, Bernard
Journals
Almagest
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Kritiki: Critical Science & Education
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Ashgate
Beck
CNRS Éditions
Congedo
Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Concepts
Chemistry
Alchemy
Development of science; change in science
Revolutions in science
Discipline formation
Astronomy
People
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Paracelsus, Theophrastus von Hohenheim
Boerhaave, Herman
Bachelard, Gaston
Cohen, I. Bernard
Descartes, René
Time Periods
Renaissance
17th century
Early modern
18th century
Medieval
16th century
Places
India
Austria
China
Europe
Germany
Spain
Institutions
Universidade de Coimbra
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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