Alchemy Tried in the Fire Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry |
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| Author:
| Newman, William R.
Principe, Lawrence M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-57702-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.