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Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226577142)
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xBoth the quest for natural knowledge and the aspiration to alchemical wisdom played crucial roles in the Scientific Revolution, as William R. Newman demonstrates in this fascinating book about George Starkey (1628-1665), America's first famous scientist. Beginning with Starkey's unusual education in colonial New England, Newman traces out his many interconnected careers-natural philosopher, alchemist, chemist, medical practitioner, economic projector, and creator of the fabulous adept, "Eirenaeus Philalethes." Newman reveals the profound impact Starkey had on the work of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Samuel Hartlib, and other key thinkers in the realm of early modern science.
Author: William R. Newman
ISBN-10: 0226577147
ISBN-13: 9780226577142
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2003
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.07w x 0.87d
Author: William R. Newman
ISBN-10: 0226577147
ISBN-13: 9780226577142
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2003
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.07w x 0.87d
By William R. Newman
xWilliam R. Newman is a professor of history of science at Indiana University. He is the author of The Summa Perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber: A Critical Edition, Translation and Study and coauthor of Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
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