An edition of The aspiring adept (1998)

The aspiring adept

Robert Boyle and his alchemical quest : including Boyle's "lost" Dialogue on the transmutation of metals

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An edition of The aspiring adept (1998)

The aspiring adept

Robert Boyle and his alchemical quest : including Boyle's "lost" Dialogue on the transmutation of metals

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The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus.

However, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century.

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Language
English
Pages
339

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-333) and index.

Published in
Princeton, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
540/.1/1202, B
Library of Congress
QD24.B685 P75 1998, QD24.B685P75 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 339 p. ;
Number of pages
339

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL694484M
ISBN 10
069101678X
LCCN
97041793
OCLC/WorldCat
37837623
Library Thing
3115071
Goodreads
1979715

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