The devil's doctor : Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science / Philip Ball.
Pubblicazione:
London : W. Heinemann, 2006.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 435 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Fool's quest: a Faustian legacy 1. Black Madonna: a country doctor 2. Metal makers: learning the arts 3. The universal scholar: a Renaissance education 4. The staff and the snake: healing in the early Renaissance 5. Intellectual vagabonds: walking the pages of the book of nature 6. A new religion: the trials of reformation 7. Revolution under the sign of the shoe: sedition in Salzburg 8. Transmutation at Ingolstadt: making gold 9. Elixir and quintessence: a chemical medicine 10. Bitter medicine: Paracelsus among the humanists 11. The battle of Basle: how Paracelsus left town 12. Against the grain: quicksilver and wood 13. The alchemist inside: a hermetic biology 14. Beyond wonders: the matrix of the world 15. Star and ascendant: a science of prophesy 16. Demons of the mind: invisible disease 17. The little man: animating the Earth 18. The white horse: death in Salzburg 19. Work with fire: the chemical legacy of Paracelsus 20. Philosopher's gold: the last of the chemical magicians. Notes. Bibliography. Index
