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Chargement... Alchemy & Alchemistspar Sean Martin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A brief look at alchemy through the ages. Focuses on some of the influential practicing alchemists and how they affected modern sciences. Interesting, but a little too basic for my tastes, and repetitive. There were a lot more big names that practiced alchemy than I thought--Sir Isaac Newton and St. Thomas Aquinas being the most surprising. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Alchemy has traditionally been viewed as 'the history of an error', an example of medieval gullibility and greed, in which alchemists tried to turn lead into gold, create fabulous wealth and find the elixir of life. But alchemy has also been described as 'the mightiest secret that a man can possess', and it obsessed the likes of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, and many of the founders of modern science. This book explores the history of the so-called Royal Art, from its mysterious beginnings in Egypt and China, through the Hellenistic world and the early years of Islam and into mediaeval Euro Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)540.112Natural sciences and mathematics Chemistry Chemistry Theory And Instruction AlchemyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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