[PDF.58zr] The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire

The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire

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 | #4277984 in Books |  imusti |  2016-10-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.10 x.80 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

 | Princeton University Press

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||5 of 23 people found the following review helpful.| Alchemy and Science?|By Christopher Cool|Pamela Smith's work, "The Business of Alchemy", has a rather startling thesis. We all know that throughout history alchemy and empirical science have been considered seperate, and as soon as such men as Newton and Darwin came along, psuedosciences such as alchemy disappeared lost all credability. Right? Wrong. As Pamela Smith explai

In The Business of Alchemy, Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and commerce in order to illuminate the cultural history of the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In showing how an overriding concern with religious salvation was transformed into a concentration on material increase and economic policies, Smith depicts the rise of modern science and early capitalism. In pursuing this narrative, she focuses...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire   |  Pamela H. Smith.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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