Lawrence M Principe: 2 books
by Lawrence M. Principe
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began, developed, and overlapped with a range of...
by Lawrence M. Principe
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific Revolution.' New ideas and discoveries not only redefined what human beings believed, knew, and could do, but also forced them to redefine themselves with...