Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts - Synthesis - John C. Powers - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226677606 - April 2, 2012
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Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts - Synthesis


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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

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