Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution

by William R. Newman

Book Overview

Since the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rational chemistry. But in Atoms and Alchemy, William R. Newman--a historian widely credited for reviving recent interest in alchemy--exposes the speciousness of these views and challenges widely held beliefs about the origins of the Scientific Revolution. Tracing the alchemical roots of Robert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226576973
• ISBN13: 9780226576978
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"