Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution, Paperback - Bruce T. Moran

DescriptionAlchemy can't be science--common sense tells us as much. But perhaps common sense is not the best measure of what science is, or was. In...

In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates...

Description"There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it." With this provocative and apparently paradoxical cl...

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Author(s): Philip Ashley FanningNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 18Cover type...

The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the...

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A new account of the controversial alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus.

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This book tells the story of how the "servile arts" turned into the "mechanical arts, " which in turn developed into a kind of philosophical appara...

The third novel in the Regency world of Katy Moran's Lamorna family. Welcome to Kit's story...Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Katy MoranNumber of...

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the "Scientific ...

Reducere. Nicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets...

In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution. In this title, t...

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Reducere. Educate and empower yourself Dr. Hannah Sivak earned her PhD in Biological Sciences and has worked as a scientist for over 45 years. She brings all...

The third novel in the Regency world of Katy Moran's Lamorna family. Welcome to Kit's story...

Focuses on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium - the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays,...

Understanding the composition and chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere is essential to global ecological and environmental policy making and researc...

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Reducere. Although science was once seen as the product of individual great men working in isolation, we now realize that, like any other creative activity, ...

A plain-English guide to one of the toughest courses aroundSo, you survived the first semester of Organic Chemistry (maybe even by the skin of your...

Contributor(s): Author: John T. MooreThe tools you need to ace your Chemisty II course College success for virtually all science, computing, engine...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then keep reading...Ancient cultures have been looking up at the star...

Publisher: Glorian PublishingAuthor(s): Samael Aun WeorNumber of pages: 472Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 557 x 30Cover type: Paperback / ...

Al-Kimia - The Mystical Islamic Essence of the Sacred Art Of Alchemy by John Eberly presents a condensed history of Alchemy told through concise bi...

Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scient...

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Michael T MoranNumber of pages: 238Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 204 x 28Cover type: Paperback / ...

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Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293460) was previously published as Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118007303). While this versi...