Promethean Ambitions
Subtitle: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: August 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780226575247
Subjects: Chemistry; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Science / History; Alchemy; Experiments; Philosophy; Philosophy and science
First sentence: Our present-day perception that science and technology are rapidly out-pacing nature had surprising antecedents in the ancient world.