William R. Newman

Author of Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature

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Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature 29 copies
Secrets of Nature: Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe… 23 copies
Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian… 18 copies
Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the… 18 copies, 1 review
Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the… 13 copies

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