B. J. T. Dobbs, Betty J. Dobbs

The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book sets the foundations of Newton's alchemy in their historical context in Restoration England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521273817
• ISBN-10: 0521273811
• Artikelnr.: 25686335

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Preface
1. 'The Hunting of the Greene Lyon'
2. Conceptual Background for Seventeenth-Century Alchemy
3. Seventeenth-Century Alchemy
4. Chemistry and Alchemy at Cambridge
5. Newton's Earliest Alchemy: 1668-75
6. Newton's Integration of Alchemy and Mechanism
Epilogue
Appendices
Selected Bibliographies
Index.