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Atoms and alchemy [electronic resource] : chymistry and the experimental origins of the scientific revolution / William R. Newman.

By: Newman, William R, 1955-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 250 p., 8 p. of plates) : col. ill.ISBN: 9780226577036 (electronic bk.); 0226577031 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Science -- History | Science -- Philosophy | Alchemy -- History | Chemistry -- History | Science -- History | Alchemy | Chemistry -- History | Philosophy | Chemistry | Science | SCIENCE -- History | Alchemie | Boyle, Robert | Sennert, Daniel | Wissenschaftliche Revolution | Alchemie | Chemie | ExperimentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Atoms and alchemy.DDC classification: 509 LOC classification: Q125 | .N484 2006ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
The problematic position of alchemy in the scientific revolution -- 1. The mise en scéne before Sennert. The medieval tradition of alchemical corpuscular theory ; Erastus and the critique of chemical analysis ; Aristotelian corpuscular theory and Andreas Libavius -- 2. Daniel Sennert's atomism and the reform of Aristotelian matter theory. The corpuscular theory of Daniel Sennert and its sources -- The interplay of structure and essence in Sennert's corpuscular theory -- 3. Robert Boyle's matter theory. Boyle, Sennert, and the mechanical philosophy -- Boyle's use of chymical corpuscles and the reduction to the pristine state to demonstrate the mechanical origin of qualities.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index.

The problematic position of alchemy in the scientific revolution -- 1. The mise en scéne before Sennert. The medieval tradition of alchemical corpuscular theory ; Erastus and the critique of chemical analysis ; Aristotelian corpuscular theory and Andreas Libavius -- 2. Daniel Sennert's atomism and the reform of Aristotelian matter theory. The corpuscular theory of Daniel Sennert and its sources -- The interplay of structure and essence in Sennert's corpuscular theory -- 3. Robert Boyle's matter theory. Boyle, Sennert, and the mechanical philosophy -- Boyle's use of chymical corpuscles and the reduction to the pristine state to demonstrate the mechanical origin of qualities.

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