Atoms and alchemy: chymistry and the experimental origins of the scientific revolution
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Main Author: Newman, William R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index
The problematic position of alchemy in the scientific revolution -- 1. The mise en scéne before Sennert. The medieval tradition of alchemical corpuscular theory ; Erastus and the critique of chemical analysis ; Aristotelian corpuscular theory and Andreas Libavius -- 2. Daniel Sennert's atomism and the reform of Aristotelian matter theory. The corpuscular theory of Daniel Sennert and its sources -- The interplay of structure and essence in Sennert's corpuscular theory -- 3. Robert Boyle's matter theory. Boyle, Sennert, and the mechanical philosophy -- Boyle's use of chymical corpuscles and the reduction to the pristine state to demonstrate the mechanical origin of qualities
In 'Atoms and Alchemy', William R. Newman provides a spirited defence of alchemy, awarding this ancient and much maligned field of endeavour an important place in the history of the Scientific Revolution
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 250 pages, 8 pages of plates)
ISBN:0226576965
0226576973
0226577031
9780226576961
9780226576978
9780226577036

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