num_pages: 548
description: There are some who would question the need to republish papers that have already appeared elsewhere. Walter Pagel once said that scholars should think in terms of books rather than research papers since the latter become lost in the literature. When he told me this years ago I was not entirely convinced...from the Preface
language: English
title: The Chemical Promise: Experiment and Mysticism in the Chemical Philosophy, 1550-1800: Selected Essays of Allen G. Debus
publisher: Watson Publishing International