The transmutations of chymistry : Wilhelm Homberg and the Académie royale des sciences / Lawrence M. Principe

Inhaltsverzeichnis: A merchant of the marvelous -- A Batavian in Paris -- Essaying chymistry -- A new chymical light -- Chrysopoeia at the Acade̹mie and the Palais Royal -- Chymistry in Homberg's later years : practices, promises, poisons, and prisons -- Homberg's legacy -- Epilogue: Homberg and the transmutations of chymistry at the Académie..

Verlagsinfo: "This book resurrects science history between Robert Boyle and Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier by telling the story of a remarkable genius who devised an innovative, comprehensive, and experimentally based theory of alchemy/chemistry (called chymistry) that was widely celebrated and adopted both in his own time and after. Wilhelm Homberg (1653-1715) is a bridge between traditions: he held an expansive vision for chymistry as a natural philosophical discipline while at the same time continued to pursue metallic transmutation, only lightly veiled in his official publications. In Lawrence M. Principe's hands, Holmberg's life and work, particularly at the Académie Royale, provide new insights on several of the significant changes that chymistry underwent during and immediately after his lifetime. This new biography radically revises what was previously known about the contours of chymistry and scientific institutions in the early eighteenth century"--.

Medienart:

Buch

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

Chicago London: The University of Chicago Press ; 2020

Weitere Ausgaben:

Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: The Transmutations of Chymistry

Reihe:

Synthesis

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Principe, Lawrence, 1962- [VerfasserIn]
Homberg, Wilhelm, 1652-1715 [Sonstige Person]

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ISBN:

978-0-226-70078-6

978-0-226-70081-6

BKL:

35.01 / Geschichte der Chemie

Themen:

Académie royale des sciences (France)
Alchemie
Alchemy
Biographies
Chemie
Chemistry
Chemists
Geschichte 1660-1730
Homberg, Wilhelm
Scientists

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Umfang:

xv, 464 Seiten ; Illustrationen

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1685102158