The secrets of alchemy /
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| Author / Creator: | Principe, Lawrence, author. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013. |
| Description: | v, 281 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Synthesis Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dust-jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8939776 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What Is Alchemy?
- 1. Origins: Greco-Egyptian Chemeia
- 2. Development: Arabic al-Kimiya
- 3. Maturity: Medieval Latin Alchemia
- 4. Redefinitions, Revivals, and Reinterpretations: Alchemy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
- 5. The Golden Age: Practicing Chymistry in the Early Modern Period
- 6. Unveiling the Secrets
- 7. The Wider Worlds of Chymistry
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
