Book ID: CBB001210042

Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts (2012)

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Powers, John C. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: 272 pp.; ill.
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Hendriksen, Marieke M. A.
Ruben E. Verwaal
Principe, Lawrence M.
Powers, John C.
Moran, Bruce T.
Debus, Allen G.
Concepts
Chemistry
Alchemy
Medicine
Medical chemistry
Pharmacy
Science education and teaching
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Early modern
Renaissance
16th century
Places
Netherlands
Germany
France
England
Sweden
Spain
Institutions
Universiteit Leiden
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