Promethean ambitions
alchemy and the quest to perfect nature
Also known as Alchemy and the quest to perfect nature
- First published:
- 21st century
- Language: English
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Traditions: Alchemy and Hermeticism
Subjects: History, Alchemy, Historie, Historisk framstilling, alkymi, naturvitenskap, vitenskapshistorie, Science, Renaissance
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.
Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-norway matched “alkymi”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subtitle, “Alchemy” in the alternative title, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “alkymi”· via National Library of Norway
- “Alchemy”· in subtitle
- “Alchemy”· in alternative title
- “Alchemy”· in subject
- “alkymi”· in subject
- “Alchemy”· in edition subtitle
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Editions
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
alchemy and the quest to perfect nature National Library of Norway catalog record William R. Newman; XV, 333 s., pl. ill. | 2004 | University of Chicago Press | English |
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Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- National Library of Norway
- 1591c37a283b003790a6204c40dace0c
- OAI
- oai:nb.bibsys.no:990417573864702202
Cataloged from
- National Library of Norwayprimary1591c37a283b003790a6204c40dace0c (opens in a new tab)
- Catalog id
- national-library-of-norway:1591c37a283b003790a6204c40dace0c
- Edition coverage
- National library of norway source record
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