Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition
by William R. Newman
First line
Why should anyone choose to write a book about George Starkey?
From the rear cover
Both the quest for natural knowledge and the aspiration to alchemical wisdom played crucial roles in the Scientific Revolution, as William R. Newman demonstrates in this fascinating book about George Starkey (1628-1665), America's first famous scientist. Beginning with Starkey's unusual education in colonial New England, Newman traces out his many interconnected careers--natural philosopher, alchemist, chemist, medical practitioner, economic projector, and creator of the fabulous adept, "Eirenaeus Philalethes." Newman reveals the profound impact Starkey had on the work of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Samuel Hartlib, and other key thinkers in the realm of early modern science.
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- Title Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution
- Author William R. Newman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 390
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-02-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226577142 / 0226577147
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.07 x 6.07 x 0.87 in (23.04 x 15.42 x 2.21 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Alchemists - England, Alchemy - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002032350
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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