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Literature and Chemistry: Elective Affinities (2013)

Hagen, Margareth (Author)
Skagen, Margery Vibe (Author)

Aarhus University Press
Publication date: 2013
Language: English

ISBN: 9788771241747

Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 338 pp.; ill.

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Alchemy Science and literature Chemistry Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Boltzmann, Ludwig Baudelaire, Charles Solstad, Dag Alighieri, Dante Davy, Humphry Sachs, Oliver

This book investigates literary and chemical encounters, from medieval alchemy to contemporary science fiction, in works of the likes of Dante, Goethe, Baudelaire and Dag Solstad as well as in literary writing of scientists such as Humphry Davy, Ludwig Boltzmann and Oliver Sachs.

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