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Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature.
・ISBN 978-0-226-57524-7 paper US$ 40.00
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| 著者・編者 | Newman, William R., |
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| 出版社 | (University of Chicago Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2005 |
| ページ数 | 352 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-32953＞ |
解説
"In Promethean Ambitions", William R. Newman uses alchemy as a means to discuss the thinning boundary between the natural and the artificial. Focusing primarily on the period between 1200 and 1700, Newman examines the labors of pioneering alchemists and the impassioned - and often negative - responses to their efforts. Newman also shows that alchemy was not an unformed and capricious precursor to chemistry; it was an art founded on coherent philosophical and empirical principles - with vocal supporters and even louder critics - that attracted individuals of first-rate intellect. The historical relationship that he charts here between human creation and nature has innumerable implications today. "Promethean Ambitions" ably imbues a millennium-old scientific and ethical debate with modern relevance.