Title: The aspiring adept
First published: 1998
Description: The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus.

However, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest - hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored - positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century.
Subjects: Alchemy, Chemistry, History, Boyle, robert, 1627-1691, Transmutation (chemistry), Chemistry, history, Contributions in alchemy
Places: Great Britain
People: Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Time periods: 17th century
LC classification: QD24.B685 P75 1998