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
Schaffer, Simon et al., editors
The Brokered World
Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770–1820
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 35
2009, ISBN 978-0-88135-374-7
Beretta, Marco, and Alessandro Tosi, editors
Linnaeus in Italy: The Spread of a Revolution in Science
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 34
2007, 0-88135-393-0
xxiii + 340 pp., $60.00
Beretta, Marco, editor
From Private to Public: Natural Collections and Museums
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 32
September 2005, 0-88135-360-4
272pp., $39.95
Beretta, Marco,
Imaging a Career in Science
The Iconography of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 29
Bologna Studies in Scientific Heritage, Volume 1
2001, ISBN 0-88135-294-2, $29.95
Beretta, M. & Frängsmyr,T. Ed.,
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
Crawford,E,
Arrhenius
From Ionic Theory to the Greenhouse Effect
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 23
1996, ISBN 0-88135-166-0, $49.95
Eriksson, Gunnar,
The Atlantic Vision
Olaus Rudbeck and Baroque Science
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 19
1994, ISBN 0-88135-158-X, $27.95
Frängsmyr, Tore,
Linnaeus
The Man and His Work
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 18
1994, ISBN 0-88135-154-7, $14.95
Lindqvist, Svante,
Center on the Periphery
Historical Aspects of 20th-Century Swedish Physics
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 17
1993, ISBN 0-88135-157-1, $49.95
Lindqvist, Svante,
Technology on Trial
The Introduction of Steam Power Technology into Sweden, 1715-1736
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 1
1984, ISBN 0-88135-716-4, $54
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