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Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution

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Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution - Moran, Bruce T
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The metaphor of the Scientific Revolution, Moran argues, can be expanded to make sense of alchemy and other so-called pseudo-sciences--by including a new framework in which "process can count as an object, in which making leads to learning, and in which the messiness of conflict leads to discernment."

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Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution 2006, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674022492

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Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution 2005, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9780674014954

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