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- catalog abstract "The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus. However, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century.".
- catalog contributor b10646079.
- catalog contributor b10646080.
- catalog contributor b10646081.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Alchemy and Chemistry: A Crucial Note on Terminology and Categories -- Ch. I. Boyle Spagyricized -- Ch. II. Skeptical of the Sceptical Chymist -- Ch. III. The Dialogue on Transmutation, Kinds of Transmutations, and Boyle's Beliefs -- Ch. IV. Adepti, Aspirants, and Cheats -- Ch. V. Boyle and Alchemical Practice -- Ch. VI. Motivations: Truth, Medicine, and Religion -- Epilogue: A New Boyle and a New Alchemy -- App. 1. Robert Boyle's Dialogue on the Transmutation and Melioration of Metals -- App. 2. Interview Accounts of Transmutation and Prefaces to Boyle's Other Chrysopoetic Writings -- App. 3. Dialogue on the Converse with Angels Aided by the Philosophers' Stone.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-333) and index.".
- catalog description "The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus. However, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 339 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "069101678X (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "1999 A-166".
- catalog subject "540/.1/1202 B 21".
- catalog subject "Alchemy Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Alchemy.".
- catalog subject "Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 Contributions in alchemy.".
- catalog subject "Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.".
- catalog subject "Chemistry Great Britain History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Chemistry Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "QD 24.B685 P957a 1998".
- catalog subject "QD24.B685 P75 1998".
- catalog subject "Transmutation (Chemistry)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Alchemy and Chemistry: A Crucial Note on Terminology and Categories -- Ch. I. Boyle Spagyricized -- Ch. II. Skeptical of the Sceptical Chymist -- Ch. III. The Dialogue on Transmutation, Kinds of Transmutations, and Boyle's Beliefs -- Ch. IV. Adepti, Aspirants, and Cheats -- Ch. V. Boyle and Alchemical Practice -- Ch. VI. Motivations: Truth, Medicine, and Religion -- Epilogue: A New Boyle and a New Alchemy -- App. 1. Robert Boyle's Dialogue on the Transmutation and Melioration of Metals -- App. 2. Interview Accounts of Transmutation and Prefaces to Boyle's Other Chrysopoetic Writings -- App. 3. Dialogue on the Converse with Angels Aided by the Philosophers' Stone.".
- catalog title "The aspiring adept : Robert Boyle and his alchemical quest : including Boyle's "lost" Dialogue on the transmutation of metals / Lawrence M. Principe.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".