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Alchemy Tried in the Fire (2002)

Alchemy Tried in the Fire (2002)

William R. Newman, Lawrence M. Principe

Published: 2002, December 30
Authors: William R. Newman, Lawrence M. Principe
Publishers: University of Chicago Press
Pages: 372
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Using, as their guide, the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as 'the father of chemistry', and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin as their guide, Newman and Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory operations of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy.