Alchemy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Holmyard, E. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486262987 ISBN-13: 9780486262987 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1990 Annotation: Classic study by noted scholar ranges over 2,000 years of alchemy: ancient Greek and Chinese alchemy, alchemical apparatus, Islamic and early Western alchemy; signs, symbols, and secret terms; Paracelsus, English and Scottish alchemists, and more. Erudite coverage of philosophical, religious, mystical overtones; replacement of alchemy by scientific method, more. Illustrated. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Chemistry - General - Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies - Science | History |
Dewey: 540.112 |
LCCN: 90003016 |
Series: Dover Books on Engineering |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Topical - New Age |
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Publisher Description: Alchemy is thought to have originated over 2000 years ago in Hellenic Egypt, the result of three converging streams: Greek philosophy, Egyptian technology and the mysticism of Middle Eastern religions. Its heyday was from about 800 A.D. to the middle of the seventeenth century, and its practitioners ranged from kings, popes, and emperors to minor clergy, parish clerks, smiths, dyers, and tinkers. Even such accomplished men as Roger Bacon, Thomas Aquinas, Sir Thomas Browne and Isaac Newton took an interest in alchemical matters. |