The Enlightenment of Matter

The Definition of Chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier

Marco Beretta


"...Beretta's book touches on many features of chemistry before 1800, and is a stimulating addition to the literature." David Knight, Nature

"...what a relief to read a book that is really about science instead of about all sorts of ulterior sociological, political, and rhetorical considerations imputed to it." Charles C. Gillispie

"...Specialists will find the author's insightful use of both scholarly literature and original sources thought provoking." E.R. Webster, CHOICE

"...Beretta's book represents not only an admirable discussion of the topic announced in the title, but also a major contribution to the Lavoisier literature." Alan Rocke, Centaurus

1993, xvi+396pp, Illus., ISBN 0-88135-152-0
L/C 93-8797, $49.95


 

Also of interest:

Lavoisier & Laplace,
Memoir on Heat-1783

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Guerlac
Facsimile and translation
1982, ISBN 0-88135-195-8, $19.95

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent & Ferdinando Abbri, editors,
Lavoisier in European Context

Negotiating a New Language for Chemistry
1995, ISBN 0-88135-189-X, $45.95

Marco Beretta
Imaging a Career in Science

The Iconography of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
2001, ISBN 0-88135-294-2

Other Books in the Uppsala Series

Marco Beretta & Tore Frängsmyr, editors,
Sidereus Nuncius & Stella Polaris

The Scientific Relations Between Italy and Sweden in Early Modern History
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 24
1997, ISBN 0-88135-188-1, $39.95

Elisabeth Crawford,
Arrhenius

From Ionic Theory to the Greenhouse Effect
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 23
1996, ISBN 0-88135-166-0, $49.95

Gunnar Eriksson,
The Atlantic Vision

Olaus Rudbeck and Baroque Science
1994, ISBN 0-88135-158-X, $27.95

Tore Frängsmyr, editor,
Linnaeus

The Man and His Work
1994, ISBN 0-88135-154-7, $14.95

Tore Frängsmyr, editor,
Science in Sweden

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1739-1989
1989, ISBN 0-88135-092-3, $45

Tore Frängsmyr, editor,
Solomon's House Revisited

The Organization and Institutionalization of Science
Nobel Symposium 75
1990, ISBN 0-88135-066-4, $49.95

Svante Lindqvist, editor,
Center on the Periphery

Historical Aspects of 20th-Century Swedish Physics
1993, ISBN 0-88135-157-1, $49.95

Svante Lindqvist,
Technology on Trial

The Introduction of Steam Power Technology into Sweden, 1715-1736
1984, ISBN 0-88135-716-4, $54