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DISTILLING KNOWLEDGE new histories of science, technology, and medicine series editors MargaretC.Jacob,SpencerR.Weart,andHaroldJ.Cook b r u c e t . m o r a n D I S T I L L I N G K N OW L E D G E alchemy, chemistry, and the scientific revolution HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS LONDON, ENGLAND 2005 Copyright©2005byBruceT.Moran Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloguing-in-PublicationData Moran,BruceT. Distillingknowledge:alchemy,chemistry,andthescientiﬁc revolution/BruceT.Moran. p.cm.—(Newhistoriesofscience,technology,andmedicine) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-674-01495-2(alk.paper) 1.Chemistry—History. 2.Alchemy—History. 3.Science,Renaissance. I.Title. II.Series. QD15.M672004 540′.9—dc22 2004052601 for barbara, kate, and rashmi c o n t e n t s Introduction 1 1. DoingAlchemy 8 2. “ThatPleasingNovelty”: AlchemyinArtisanandDailyLife 37 3. Paracelsusandthe“Paracelsians”: NaturalRelationshipsandSeparationasCreation 67 4. SitesofLearningandtheLanguageofChemistry 99 5. Alchemy,Chemistry,andtheTechnologyofKnowing 132 6. TheRealityofRelationship 157 Conclusion: VarietiesofExperienceinReadingtheBookofNature 182 References 191 Index 201 DISTILLING KNOWLEDGE

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Alchemy can't be science--common sense tells us as much. But perhaps common sense is not the best measure of what science is, or was. In this book, Bruce Moran looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science.

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DISTILLING KNOWLEDGE new histories of science, technology, and medicine series editors MargaretC.Jacob,SpencerR.Weart,andHaroldJ.Cook b r u c e t . m o r a n D I S T I L L I N G K N OW L E D G E alchemy, chemistry, and the scientific revolution HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS LONDON, ENGLAND 2005 Copyright©2005byBruceT.Moran Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloguing-in-PublicationData Moran,BruceT. Distillingknowledge:alchemy,chemistry,andthescientiﬁc revolution/BruceT.Moran. p.cm.—(Newhistoriesofscience,technology,andmedicine) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-674-01495-2(alk.paper) 1.Chemistry—History. 2.Alchemy—History. 3.Science,Renaissance. I.Title. II.Series. QD15.M672004 540′.9—dc22 2004052601 for barbara, kate, and rashmi c o n t e n t s Introduction 1 1. DoingAlchemy 8 2. “ThatPleasingNovelty”: AlchemyinArtisanandDailyLife 37 3. Paracelsusandthe“Paracelsians”: NaturalRelationshipsandSeparationasCreation 67 4. SitesofLearningandtheLanguageofChemistry 99 5. Alchemy,Chemistry,andtheTechnologyofKnowing 132 6. TheRealityofRelationship 157 Conclusion: VarietiesofExperienceinReadingtheBookofNature 182 References 191 Index 201 DISTILLING KNOWLEDGE

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Alchemy can't be science--common sense tells us as much. But perhaps common sense is not the best measure of what science is, or was. In this book, Bruce Moran looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science.

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