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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Essay Review Peterschmitt, Luc (2015) New Big Pictures of Alchemy [Review Essay Number 1551186]. Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 189-192). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bertomeu Sánchez, José Ramón
Chang, Hasok
Doing, Park Atkinson
Dorsman, Leen
Ede, Andrew G.
Fein, Julia
Journals
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Canadian Journal of History
Corpus: Revue de Philosophie
Environmental History
Publishers
Cornell University
Springer
University of Notre Dame
Concepts
Authority of science
History of science, as a discipline
Laboratories
Chemistry
Science education and teaching
Science and politics
People
Cohen, Ernst
Conant, James Bryant
Herschel, John Frederick William
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
France
Great Britain
Paris (France)
California (U.S.)
Siberia (Russia)
Bulgaria
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV)
University of California, Davis
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