New Narratives in Eighteenth-Century Chemistry: Contributions from the First Francis Bacon Workshop, 21-23 April 2005, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

ISBN-13: 9789048175932 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 202 str.

Lawrence M. Principe

Opis

The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many features of the period remain largely unknown or unexplored. This volume details new approaches and topics to build a more complex view of chemical work during the period. Themes include late-phase alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology.

Recenzje

From the reviews: "The book consists of nine papers, of which eight focus on topics, themes and subjects that have been neglected in the historiography to date ... . It offers a manifesto for all those who believe that the eighteenth century has much more to tell us about the history of chemistry and, more broadly, of science than how to have a revolution and survive it. ... it should be required reading for all historians of chemistry ... ." (Georgette Taylor, Ambix, Vol. 56 (1), March, 2009)

Spis treści

Foreword; Notes on Contributors A Revolution Nobody Noticed? Changes in Early Eighteenth-Century Chemistry Lawrence M. Principe Georg Ernst Stahl's Alchemical Publications: Anachronism, Reading Market, and a Scientific Lineage Redefined, Kevin Chang Chemistry Without Principles: Herman Boerhaave on Instruments and Elements John C. Powers Practicing Chemistry 'After the Hippocratical Manner': Hippocrates and the Importance of Chemistry for Boerhaave’s Medicine, Rina Knoeff Public Lectures of Chemistry in Mid-Eighteenth Century France Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Christine Lehman Apothecary-chemists in Eighteenth-century Germany. Ursula Klein The Aberdeen Agricola: Chemical Principles and Practice in James Anderson’s Georgics and Geology, Matthew D. Eddy Dr. Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808): Chemistry, Medicine, and Books in the French and Chemical Revolutions, Trevor H. Levere Reflections: 'A Likely Story', Seymour Mauskopf Index

O autorze

Lawrence M. Principe's research interests focus on the history of science and technology in the late Medieval and early modern periods, with special attention to the history of alchemy/chemistry. He is the Drew Professor of the Humanities at John Hopkins University in the Department of History of Science and Technology and the Department of Chemistry. He has authored or edited ten books and published numerous papers.

Blurb

The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many crucial features of the period remain largely unknown or unexplored, for general accounts--often built around Lavoisier--have remained quite selective. This volume presents new approaches and topics in an attempt to build a richer, fuller, more complex view of chemical work during the period. Themes include "late-phase" alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology.