The limits of matter : chemistry, mining, and Enlightenment / Hjalmar Fors

Author:: Fors, Hjalmar
Published:: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Physical Description:: 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)

Contents:

Introduction: The edges of the map -- Of witches, trolls, and inquisitive men -- Chymists in the mining business -- From curious to ingenious knowledge -- Elements of enlightenment -- Capturing the laughing gnome -- Conclusion: material reality and the Enlightenment.

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History

ISBN:

9780226194998 (cloth ; alk. paper)
022619499X (cloth ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2016

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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