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Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution - New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine Bruce T. Moran
Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution - New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Bruce T. Moran
The metaphor of the Scientific Revolution, Moran argues, can be expanded to make sense of alchemy and other so-called pseudo-sciences—by including a new framework in which “process can count as an object, in which making leads to learning, and in which the messiness of conflict leads to discernment.“
224 pages, 8 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 1, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674022492 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 203 × 149 × 14 mm · 306 g |
| Language | English |