"By reconstructing the alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes of the late medieval and early modern periods in England, following Roger Bacon, George Ripley, John Dee, Robert Boyle, and many others, Jennifer Rampling reveals how alchemical ideas were continually copied and reworked. She maps, over four centuries, their long-term evolution and the influence of the methods of alchemy's many and varied practitioners. Rampling restores the alchemist's reputation as a serious experimentalist who actually knew his chemistry ...
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"By reconstructing the alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes of the late medieval and early modern periods in England, following Roger Bacon, George Ripley, John Dee, Robert Boyle, and many others, Jennifer Rampling reveals how alchemical ideas were continually copied and reworked. She maps, over four centuries, their long-term evolution and the influence of the methods of alchemy's many and varied practitioners. Rampling restores the alchemist's reputation as a serious experimentalist who actually knew his chemistry and made significant discoveries, and from this we see how English alchemy fits within the wider history of European science, medicine, and culture"--
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