Beretta, Marco (Author)
Watson Publishing International LLC
Physical Details: xviii + 198 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Includes chapters on artificial and natural glass in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece as well as in the Byzantine and the Early Modern worlds.
Review Boer, Pieter (2010) Review of "The Alchemy of Glass: Counterfeit, Imitation and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 313).
Review Martelli, Matteo (2011) Review of "The Alchemy of Glass: Counterfeit, Imitation and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 252).
Review Anderson, Robert G. W. (2011) Review of "The Alchemy of Glass: Counterfeit, Imitation and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 548).
Review Seavers, Stephanie (2011) Review of "The Alchemy of Glass: Counterfeit, Imitation and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking". Technology and Culture (p. 813).
Essay Review Martinón-Torres, Marcos (2012) Is That Stone Genuine?. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 489-492).
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