Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature by William R. Newman

Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature

William R. Newman

333 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

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In Promethean Ambitions, William R. Newman uses alchemy as a means to discuss the thinning boundary between the natural and the artificial. Focusing primarily on the period between 1200 and 1700, Newman examines the labors of pioneering alchemists...

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