Alchemy
by Holmyard, E. J
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0486262987
- ISBN 13
- 9780486262987
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Dover Publications, 1990 8vo (21.5 cm), 288, [16] pp. Laminated wrappers. "Ranging over two millennia of alchemical history, Mr. Holmyard shows how, like astrology and witchcraft, alchemy was an integral part of the pre-scientific moral order, arousing the cupidity of princes, the blind fear of mobs and the intellectual curiosity of learned men. Eventually, however, with the advent and ascension of the scientific method, the hopes and ideas of the alchemists faded to the status of "pseudo-science." That transformation, as well as alchemy's undeniable role as a precursor of modern chemistry, are brilliantly illuminated in this book. Students of alchemy, chemistry, the history of science, and the occult, plus anyone interested in the origin and evolution of one of mankind's most enduring and influential myths, will want to have a copy of this masterly study." (from the publisher's description)
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007276
- Title
- Alchemy
- Author
- Holmyard, E. J
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486262987
- ISBN 13
- 9780486262987
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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