Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-/Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und ihre Institute: Studien zu ihrer Geschichte : das Harnack-Prinzip
by Vom Brocke, Bernhard, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften (Deutschland, Deutsches Reich), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften (Deutschland)
The primary objective of this study is to provide a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries. The second part of the book - on infinite, extracosmic void space - is of s…
The christianization of alchemy -- John Dee puts alchemy on a new footing -- Dee's angelic mission -- Francis Bacon's mask -- The Rosicrucian furor -- Defeat and revival -- Alchemy divided -- Isaac Newton, alchemist -- The advent of modern science.
