Book ID: CBB001551188

Histoire de l'alchimie (2013)

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Joly, Bernard (Author)


Vuibert


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 199 pp.; ill.
Language: French

Replacing the alchemy in the heart of the history of science, this fascinating book reveals that it was , from the beginning of our era until the end of the seventeenth century , a science in its own right : the chemistry of his time. A sometimes very amazing chemistry with mysterious characters and colorful , curious recipes and theories that surprise our sense of modernity. The book and still are then the pillars to a alchemical activity that never separates the theoretical constructions of laboratory work. The author recounts here the most salient aspects of this complex and abundant history.

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Authors & Contributors
Cain, Friedrich
Matheus Monteiro Nascimento
Dennis, David Brandon
Pisano, Jessica M.
Cristiano B. Moura
Dietlind Hüchtker
Journals
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Studium: Tijdschrift voor Wetenschaps- en Universiteitgeschiedenis
Social Studies of Science
Science and Education
Russian Review
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
University of Notre Dame
Springer
Cornell University
Concepts
Authority of science
Chemistry
History of science, as a discipline
Laboratories
Science education and teaching
Experiments and experimentation
People
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Herschel, John Frederick William
Conant, James Bryant
Cohen, Ernst
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
France
West Germany
Prussia (Germany)
United States
Poland
Bulgaria
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
University of California, Davis
Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV)
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