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Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts - Synthesis John C. Powers
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Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts - Synthesis
John C. Powers
Focuses on Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch medical and chemical professor whose work reached a wide, educated audience and became the template for chemical knowledge in the eighteenth century. This title reveals how Boerhaave restructured and reinterpreted various practices from diverse chemical traditions - including craft chemistry.
270 pages, 5 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 2, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226677606 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 158 × 21 mm · 508 g |