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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fors, Hjalmar (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Series:Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)
Subjects:
Matter > Philosophy.
Chemistry > History.
Mining engineering > History.
Enlightenment.
Chemistry > history.
Mining > history.
Engineering > history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.