{"product_id":"atoms-and-alchemy-chymistry-and-the-experimental-origins-of-the-scientific-revolution-paperback","title":"Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Newman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rational chemistry. But in \u003ci\u003eAtoms and Alchemy, \u003c\/i\u003e William R. Newman-a historian widely credited for reviving recent interest in alchemy-exposes the speciousness of these views and challenges widely held beliefs about the origins of the Scientific Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing the alchemical roots of Robert Boyle's famous mechanical philosophy, Newman shows that alchemy contributed to the mechanization of nature, a movement that lay at the very heart of scientific discovery. Boyle and his predecessors-figures like the mysterious medieval Geber or the Lutheran professor Daniel Sennert-provided convincing experimental proof that matter is made up of enduring particles at the microlevel. At the same time, Newman argues that alchemists created the operational criterion of an \"atomic\" element as the last point of analysis, thereby contributing a key feature to the development of later chemistry. \u003ci\u003eAtoms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e thus provokes a refreshing debate about the origins of modern science and will be welcomed-and deliberated-by all who are interested in the development of scientific theory and practice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Newman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ruth Halls Professor in the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University and the author of \u003ci\u003eGehennical Fire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePromethean Ambitions, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAlchemy Tried in the Fire \u003c\/i\u003e(which was awarded the 2005 Pfizer Prize for the best book in the History of Science), all published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 235\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45988375691461,"sku":"9780226576978","price":98.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/LT2NlkfisC9780226576978.webp?v=1774061825","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/atoms-and-alchemy-chymistry-and-the-experimental-origins-of-the-scientific-revolution-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}