Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry
- ISBN-10
- 0881353965
- ISBN-13
- 9780881353969
- Category
- Alchemy
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Science History Publications
- Authors
- Chemical Heritage Foundation, Lawrence Principe
Description
This volume brings together papers presented at an international conference at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 2006 by over twenty eminent researchers. The collection features work on the perennial issues of symbolism, textual exegesis, transmutation and the danger of fraud, as well as treatments of the intersections of alchemy with fine art, theology, archaeology, and gender. Chymists and Chymistry offers readers a wealth of new scholarship on this intriguing topic and glimpses of the exciting frontiers in chymistry waiting to be explored.--Publisher.
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