勞倫斯·普林西比,美國約翰斯•霍普金斯大學科學技術史係和化學係教授。主要研究早期化學史、煉金術史。由於對科學史研究的卓越貢獻,被授予培根奬章。另著有《火中試驗煉金術:斯塔基、玻意耳以及海爾濛特派化學傢的命運》(2002)、《雄心勃勃的煉金術士: 羅伯特•玻意耳和他的煉金術探索》(1998)、《科學革命》(2011,有中譯本)。
張蔔天,清華大學科學史係副教授,國內傑齣的中青年翻譯傢,已為我館翻譯重要學術著作多部。譯文質量獲得讀者一緻好評。
In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began, developed, and overlapped with a range of ideas and pursuits, Principe illuminates the practice. He vividly depicts the place of alchemy during its heyday in early modern Europe, and then explores how alchemy has fit into wider views of the cosmos and humanity, touching on its enduring place in literature, fine art, theater, and religion as well as its recent acceptance as a serious subject of study for historians of science. In addition, he introduces the reader to some of the most fascinating alchemists, such as Zosimos and Basil Valentine, whose lives dot alchemy’s long reign from the third century and to the present day. Through his exploration of alchemists and their times, Principe pieces together closely guarded clues from obscure and fragmented texts to reveal alchemy’s secrets, and—most exciting for budding alchemists—uses them to recreate many of the most famous recipes in his lab, including those for the “glass of antimony” and “philosophers’ tree.” This unique approach brings the reader closer to the actual work of alchemy than any other book.
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書一開始對從公元前到18世紀至今的煉金術曆史進行瞭梳理並重點介紹一些主要的煉金術士作者。這一部分比較乏味,有點像文獻綜述,但能夠清晰看到煉金術如何從一開始名副其實的煉金變成一種神秘的宗教追求(不局限於某個宗教,而是廣泛的神的學),如何與化學逐漸分流或者說被排...
評分煉金術起源於公元3世紀左右的希臘-埃及時期,當時的煉金術還沒有和“神秘學”扯上任何關係,而是一種正統的科學。當代科學早已證明,煉金術中最關鍵的“金屬嬗變”(transmutation)根本無法實現,但在當時,這一點卻從未引起過任何懷疑。人們都相信,金屬嬗變不僅是可能的,而...
評分原文發錶於《自然辯證法通訊》2019年第8期 晉世翔(陝西西安人,2015年畢業於北京大學哲學係,獲科學技術哲學博士學位,目前為北京科技大學科技史與文化遺産研究院講師,德國馬剋斯•普朗剋科學史研究所訪問博士後。研究領域為科學思想史,17世紀中西科學交流史,發錶論文十...
評分煉金術起源於公元3世紀左右的希臘-埃及時期,當時的煉金術還沒有和“神秘學”扯上任何關係,而是一種正統的科學。當代科學早已證明,煉金術中最關鍵的“金屬嬗變”(transmutation)根本無法實現,但在當時,這一點卻從未引起過任何懷疑。人們都相信,金屬嬗變不僅是可能的,而...
評分煉金術起源於公元3世紀左右的希臘-埃及時期,當時的煉金術還沒有和“神秘學”扯上任何關係,而是一種正統的科學。當代科學早已證明,煉金術中最關鍵的“金屬嬗變”(transmutation)根本無法實現,但在當時,這一點卻從未引起過任何懷疑。人們都相信,金屬嬗變不僅是可能的,而...
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