The devil's doctor : Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science
Ball, Philip, 1962-2006
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Paracelsus was part alchemist, part father of modern chemistry. He was a charlatan and a genius, an adventurer and a model for later versions of the Faust legend, such as Goethe's or Thomas Mann's. His life was as eventful and bizarre as an 18th-century picaresque novel. Philip Ball tells his story.
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Imprint:
London : William Heinemann, 2006.
Collation:
xi, 435 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-422) and index.
ISBN:
9780434011346 (hbk)
Dewey class:
540.92199.494092199.494
Local class:
B
Language:
English
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BRN:
787425
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