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The secrets of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe.

By: Series: Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)Publication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.Description: v, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226682952
  • 0226682951
  • 9780226103792 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 540.1/12 23
LOC classification:
  • QD13 .P75 2013
Contents:
Introduction : what is alchemy? -- Origins : Graeco-Egyptian chemeia -- Development : Arabic al-kiÌmiyaÌ -- Maturity : Medieval Latin alchemia -- Redefinitions, revivals, and reinterpretations : alchemy from the eighteenth century to the present -- The golden age : practicing chymistry in the early modern period -- Unveiling the secrets -- The wider world of chymistry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what is alchemy? -- Origins : Graeco-Egyptian chemeia -- Development : Arabic al-kiÌmiyaÌ -- Maturity : Medieval Latin alchemia -- Redefinitions, revivals, and reinterpretations : alchemy from the eighteenth century to the present -- The golden age : practicing chymistry in the early modern period -- Unveiling the secrets -- The wider world of chymistry.

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