PACHSmörgåsbord: Chymistry

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Stephen Johnston on Early-Modern Chymistry

A quick summary of Stephen Johnston’s recent Brown Bag Lecture at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/27 at 04:00 PM

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

James Voelkel on Bringing Newton’s Alchemy to the Masses

James Voelkel spoke this past Tuesday about recent efforts to produce on-line editions of Isaac Newton’s alchemical manuscripts. The project, “The Chymystry of Isaac Newton” is an ambitious history-of-science foray into digital humanities.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/10 at 10:58 PM

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