Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution

by Bruce Moran and Bruce T. Moran

Book Overview

Alchemy can't be science--common sense tells us as much. But perhaps common sense is not the best measure of what science is, or was. In this book, Bruce Moran looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science. Examining the ways alchemy and chemistry were studied and practiced between 1400 and 1700, he shows how these approaches influenced their respective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674022491
• ISBN13: 9780674022492
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 8.2"